Individual Occupational Requirements for
GS-437: Horticulture 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-63), but contains minor edits
to conform to web-page requirements.
Use these individual occupational requirements in
conjunction with the "Group Coverage Qualification Standard for
Professional and Scientific Positions."
Basic Requirements:
- Degree: horticulture; or a related discipline of basic plant science that
included at least 30 semester hours in the basic plant sciences, of which at
least 16 semester hours were in horticultural subjects such as those dealing
with the breeding, care, management, production, and post harvest handling of
horticultural crops.
OR
- Combination of education and experience--courses equivalent to a major in
horticulture or a related discipline of basic plant science that included
course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional
education.
Evaluation of Education: Courses in botany, plant physiology, plant taxonomy, plant pathology, genetics,
agronomy, horticulture, and similar courses may be used to meet the 30-semester-hour requirement in
basic plant sciences.
The 16-semester-hour requirement in horticulture includes course work in basic horticulture and course
work related to any of the recognized subject-matter fields of horticulture, i.e., fruits, vegetables,
ornamentals, nursery work, seed production, or course work in related areas of science, such as micro-biology, entomology, plant pathology, plant physiology, or genetics that is directly related to horticultural
work.
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