Individual Occupational Requirements for
GS-2210: Information Technology
Management Series
Note: The Information Technology Management Series, GS-2210, has
replaced the GS-334, Computer Specialist Series. This standard covers
GS-2210 positions and any remaining GS-334 positions.
The text below is extracted verbatim from
Section IV-B of the Operating Manual for Qualification Standards
for General Schedule Positions (p.IV-B-p50), but contains minor edits
to conform to web-page requirements.
Use these individual occupational requirements in conjunction with
the "Group Coverage Qualification Standard for
Administrative and Management Positions."
NOTE: Applicants may meet the minimum qualification
requirements for GS-5 and GS-7 positions in this series in
two ways. These are described below as Alternatives A and B.
These alternatives are designed to allow eligibility either
through demonstrating prior computer-related education or
experience (A) or demonstrating general analytical ability
through other kinds of education or experience and passing
a written test (B).
Applicants who qualify on the basis of Alternative B must
take a written test for competitive appointment at the
applicable grade levels. The written test is not required by
OPM for inservice placement. There is no written test for
applicants who qualify on the basis of Alternative A.
EDUCATION
Alternative A : Major study--computer science, information
science, information systems management, mathematics,
statistics, operations research, or engineering, or course
work that required the development or adaptation of computer
programs and systems and provided knowledge equivalent to a
major in the computer field.
Alternative B : Major study--any field.
OR
EXPERIENCE
Alternative A: Experience that provided a basic
knowledge of data processing functions and general
management principles that enabled the applicant to
understand the stages required to automate a work process.
Experience may have been gained in work such as computer
operator or assistant, computer sales representative,
program analyst, or other positions that required the use or
adaptation of computer programs and systems.
Alternative B: Meet general experience
requirements in the "Group Coverage Qualification Standard
for Administrative and Management
Positions."
Experience in the
performance of tasks such as:
- Translating detailed logical steps developed by
others into language codes that computers accept where
this required understanding of procedures and
limitations appropriate to use of a programming
language.
- Interviewing subject-matter personnel to get facts
regarding work processes, and synthesizing the
resulting data into charts showing information flow.
- Operating computer consoles where this involved
choosing from among various procedures in responding
to machine commands or unscheduled halts.
- Scheduling the sequence of programs to be processed by
computers where alternatives had to be weighed with
a view to production efficiency.
- Preparing documentation on cost/benefit studies where
this involved summarizing the material and organizing
it in a logical fashion.
Such skills are typically gained in the computer field or
through performance of work where the primary concern was
the subject matter of the computer application (e.g., supply,
personnel, chemical process control), and computer-related
efforts were required to facilitate the basic duties. Also,
work in management analysis, program analysis, or a
comparable field may have provided such skills. (Such
experience may also have been obtained by applicants for
GS-9 and GS-11 positions in this field.)
Experience that
demonstrated knowledge of computer requirements and
techniques in carrying out project assignments consisting of
several related tasks, such as typically is the case in
development of minor modifications to parts of a system on
the basis of detailed specifications provided. The
assignments must have shown completion of the following, or
the equivalent:
- Analysis of the interrelationships of pertinent
components of the system;
- Planning the sequence of actions necessary to
accomplish the assignment; and
- Personal responsibility for at least a segment of
the overall project.
Experience that
demonstrated accomplishment of computer project assignments
that required a range of knowledge of computer requirements
and techniques. For example, assignments would show, on the
basis of general design criteria provided, experience in
developing modifications to parts of a system that required
significant revisions in the logic or techniques used in the
original development. Accomplishments, in addition to those
noted for the GS-9 level, normally involve the following, or
the equivalent:
- Knowledge of the customary approaches, techniques, and
requirements appropriate to an assigned computer
applications area or computer specialty area in an
organization;
- Planning the sequence of actions necessary to
accomplish the assignment where this entailed
coordination with others outside the organizational
unit and development of project controls; and
- Adaptation of guidelines or precedents to the needs
of the assignment.
Experience that
demonstrated accomplishment of computer project assignments
that required a wide range of knowledge of computer
requirements and techniques pertinent to the position to be
filled. This knowledge is generally demonstrated by
assignments where the applicant analyzed a number of
alternative approaches in the process of advising management
concerning major aspects of ADP system design, such as what
system interrelationships must be considered, or what
operating mode, system software, and/or equipment
configuration is most appropriate for a given project.
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