Individual Occupational Requirements for
GS-646: Pathology 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-104), 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."
Anatomical
pathology technician work in (a) cutting and staining very thin sections of human tissue
specimens for microscopic examination; and/or in (b) testing and examining body fluids, etc. for
abnormalities in cell structure, depending upon the requirements of the position to be filled.
OR
| For GS-3: |
Successful completion of (a) a full-time training course of approximately a year's
duration in a medical or clinical laboratory assistant (or technician) school that included
instruction in chemistry, hematology, blood banking, and microbiology (including serology)
and that, in addition, included supervised laboratory practice incident to the diagnostic
process and the treatment of patients; or (b) 1 year of study that included at least 6
semester hours in chemistry and/or biological science. |
| For GS-4: |
Successful completion of (a) an associate-degree course of study of which the 2nd year
of the 2-year program included successful completion of a training course of approximately a
year's duration in a certified laboratory assistant school approved by a nationally recognized
accrediting agency; (b) 1 year of study that included 6 semester hours in chemistry
and/or the biological sciences, plus successful completion of the training course as
described in (a) above for GS-3; or (c) 2 years of study that included at least 12
semester hours of chemistry and/or biological science course work that must have been
directly related to the specialization of the position to be filled. |
| For GS-5: |
(a) Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree
with major study or at least 24 semester hours in subjects appropriate to the position to be
filled; or (b) successful completion of 2 academic years of study that included at least
24 semester hours in chemistry and/or in appropriate fields of biological science and
successful completion of a 12-month program of education, training, and supervised experience
in cytotechnology or histopathology that has been approved by a nationally recognized
accrediting agency. |
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