Individual Occupational Requirements for
GS-421: Plant Protection Technician Series
The text below is extracted verbatim from
Section IV-B of the Operating Manual for Qualification Standards
for General Schedule Positions (p.IV-B-61), but contains minor edits
to conform to web-page requirements.
Use these individual occupational requirements in
conjunction with the "Group Coverage Qualification Standard for
Technical and Medical Support Positions."
Specialized Experience (for positions at GS-4 and above): Qualifying specialized experience must have
provided familiarity with the methods, procedures, and techniques involved in inspecting, detecting,
identifying, eradicating, suppressing, or controlling plant pests, and in the enforcement of Federal and
State quarantines. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include:
- Inspecting nursery plants for the presence of a specific plant pest.
- Surveying areas for specific plant pests or for the presence of alternate
plant hosts.
- Developing rough maps showing control or eradication treatment completed,
areas surveyed, or pest finds located.
- Performing survey control or eradication procedures in a local pest control
program.
- Answering questions regarding plant pest control procedures, harmful side-effects
of pesticides to other living organisms, etc.
- Inspecting vehicles in the enforcement of plant quarantine regulations.
- Performing laboratory work involved with raising and/or sterilizing various
insects.
OR
Education and Training:
| For GS-3: |
Successful completion of 1 year of study that included at least 4 semester
hours in courses such as biology, plant pathology, entomology, zoology,
botany, forestry, chemistry, agriculture, or physics. |
| For GS-4: |
Successful completion of 2 years of study that included at least 8 semester
hours in courses such as those shown above For GS-3. |
| For GS-5: |
Successful completion of 4 years of study that included at least 16 semester
hours in courses such as those shown above For GS-3. |
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