Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-234: Appointments to training program and following completion of training program. Not applicable to veterans preference.

The Commissioner of Administrative Services may provide for the appointment, with or without examination, of qualified persons in a class in which the incumbent serves for not more than three years in the class as part of an established training program. Any person so appointed to a professional or preprofessional training class may, upon successful completion of the required minimum working test period and training program, be reclassified to a position in the next higher level class for which the training program is established. The provisions of this section shall not apply to sections 5-224 and 7-415 concerning the veterans preference.