The employer's certification procedure must:

(1) Specify how the employer determines the pool of eligible candidates to be certified to the employing official in accordance with WAC 357-16-130;

(2) Specify how the employer determines the number of names certified if the number of eligible candidates certified to the employing official is limited;

(3) Provide for veterans' preference in accordance with WAC 357-16-110;

(4) Provide for supplemental certification of affected group members in accordance with WAC 357-16-135;

(5) Require that employing officials consider all eligible candidates certified;

(6) Provide for optional consideration of employees who have completed employer-approved training programs and are determined by the employer to meet the competencies and other position requirements;

(7) For general government employers, must provide for consideration of transition pool candidates when a certified pool contains eligible candidates other than candidates from the employer's internal or statewide layoff list or the employer's internal promotional eligibles;

(8) Address when the employer will certify qualified individuals seeking reemployment under the provisions of WAC 357-19-470; and

(9) Address when the employer will consider granting preference to eligible applicants under the provisions of WAC 357-16-113.