Individual Occupational Requirements for
GS-1640: Facility Management 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-211), 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."
EDUCATION
Major study--engineering, industrial arts, property management,
or business administration.
OR
EXPERIENCE
Experience that provided a knowledge of the practices and
procedures related to property management, maintenance, materials requirements, and building operation
and repair. This experience may have been gained in work such as budget or report preparation,
maintenance of property and financial records, or trades or crafts work requiring technical knowledge or
judgment.
Examples of qualifying specialized experience include:
- Managing a maintenance program for office or apartment building complexes, hospitals,
recreation facilities, military, or other special-purpose installations, including planning
maintenance activities, and developing preventive maintenance programs.
- Conducting surveillance activities over construction and maintenance operations performed
by a variety of private contractors, including reviewing project plans and specifications
for workability, informing contractors of construction and reporting requirements, and
supervising operations for conformance with project plans.
- Performing maintenance or construction work, including estimating material and labor costs
for a variety of construction or maintenance projects (such as construction or maintenance
of brick, frame, structural steel, reinforced concrete, and other type structures ranging
from one- or two-story buildings to larger structures), directing actual work operations,
and maintaining appropriate contacts with the organization funding the project.
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