California Department of Fish and Wildlife Law Enforcement Division

Partial profile reviewed 2026-10-23. Not proof of an opening.

Minimum requirements

• Qualifications page describes60semester units of college including18related-course units. Applicants with30semester units and the18related units may be accepted if other minimums are met, but must provide evidence of60units before appointment eligibility. Exact related courses and equivalencies need employer confirmation; no universal prior degree or police experience inferred.
• Source states age21 at peace-officer appointment/completion of academy and a maximum-age/mandatory-retirement reference of65. Confirm current applicable age and appointment rules directly; this summary does not decide an individual's legal eligibility.
• Valid driver's license, ability to swim and ability to perform essential duties are described. Hearing/vision and other health standards are subject to official POST/state medical review, not an Enter Prepared medical assessment or individualized fitness prescription.
• Employer lists criminal-history/firearm-related exclusions and background review. This selected guide is not a complete legal screening determination. Desirable computing, vehicle/skiff, language and academic skills are not all universal mandatory prior qualifications.

Selected requirements, not a complete eligibility or disqualifier checklist.

Lateral entry

Separate lateral eligibility, academy waiver, prior-service credit and lateral pay not verified by these cadet-route pages. Confirm a current lateral announcement rather than assuming the cadet route applies unchanged.

Recruiting contact

Published wildlife-officer career/recruitment inquiry

Hiring outline

1. Confirm the current cadet exam bulletin and minimum qualifications with CDFW. Reviewed application page requests STD678, Criminal Record Supplemental Questionnaire, unofficial college transcripts and proof of PELLETB score42or higher. Score validity, retest interval and exemptions were not verified here.
2. Source describes online CalCareers, email or postal submission of the packet. Email subject should identify EX-3207 and Fish and Game Warden Cadet; confirm current bulletin and delivery instructions before transmitting personal records. Do not submit records to Enter Prepared. No application/forms were completed in this review.
3. For PELLETB registration, source publishes LEDWardenHiringUnit@wildlife.ca.gov. It lists dated October/November2026 sessions; confirm an available future session directly rather than assuming a seat or reusing an expired date. Test/exam intake is not a job-opening deadline.
4. Page presents PAT, background, medical and psychological sections after application instructions. Background includes fingerprint/DOJ/FBI checks and a detection-of-deception examination. Exact scheduling, interview-board placement, conditional-offer chronology and deception-test modality are not established by these headings.
5. Medical questionnaire/examination is reviewed through state medical processes; psychological screening includes a licensed psychologist interview. Personal-history areas include military/employment/volunteer information as applicable to the person's actual history, not a requirement to have military or paid police experience. Academy/FAQ pages remain unreviewed; no funding or complete later-stage timetable verified.

Physical testing

Five PAT components are published on the application page. Confirm current scoring, sequence, technique, attempts, rest and safety requirements directly; the linked detailed PAT PDF/video were not reviewed. Event descriptions are not an individualized training plan.

No complete point/pass standard, exact sequence, form rules, rest, retries or combined cutoff verified. Detailed PDF/video not read; do not substitute another agency's standards.

Benefits

Needs confirmation

Hiring incentives

Availability and terms need confirmation.

Partial cadet preparation guide, not current exam-bulletin/vacancy or individualized legal/medical advice. No pay, invented deadline/datePosted/JobPosting, recruitAnnual or academy-funding guarantee. PELLETB42+ and five PAT components reflect reviewed page; further scoring/bulletin/qualification details require confirmation. No forms, sensitive records, applications, emails, accounts, consent, video or PDF opened/submitted in this depth review.

No test preset is imported from this profile. Bring current employer instructions to your preparation.