Non-Competitive Qualifications for appointment under the NY HELPS Program: For appointment to a State Program Examiner Trainee 1, you must have: A bachelors or graduate degree in accounting, business administration, business management, computer science, computer information systems, or related IT field; criminal justice, economics, engineering, finance, mathematics, public administration, public or community health, public policy, political science, or statistics. For appointment to a State Program Examiner Trainee 2, you must have: A bachelors or graduate degree in accounting, business administration, business management, computer science, computer information systems, or related IT field; criminal justice, economics, engineering, finance, mathematics, public administration, public or community health, public policy, political science, or statistics and one year of professional accounting and/or auditing experience.