Individual Occupational Requirements for
GS-622: Medical Supply Aide and 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-95), 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."
Experience in
processing, assembling, trouble-shooting, preparing, sterilizing, storing, and issuing sterile and
unsterile medical supplies and equipment. The applicant must possess knowledge of the technical names,
general uses, physical characteristics, and operating conditions of medical supply items; knowledge
of decontamination, cleaning, preparation, sterilization, and storage procedures; knowledge of
aseptic techniques; and skill in operating a washer-sterilizer, ultrasonic instrument cleaners, and
gas and steam sterilizers. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include work as an operating
room technician, medical instrument technician, nursing assistant, corpsman, or laboratory worker.
OR
For GS-3: |
Successful completion of l year of study that included at least 6 semester hours in courses such
as medical supply processing, storage, and distribution; sterile supplies, operating room, and
surgical technician courses; or other fields related to the position. |
For GS-4: |
Successful completion of 2 years of study that included at least 12 semester hours in courses
such as those shown above for GS-3. |
Successful completion of training provided through schools, hospitals, the military, or employee
development programs of at least 20 classroom hours per week may be substituted for specialized
experience on a week-for-week basis. Such training must have provided the knowledge and skills
required to perform the work of the position, such as those described under specialized experience
above.
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