Individual Occupational Requirements for
GS-193: Archeology 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-38), 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:
| A. |
1. |
Degree: that included 3 semester hours each in the following course areas:
- History of archeology.
- Archeology of a major geographical area such as North America or Africa.
- Regional archeology, archeological cultures, or sites in a specific part
or portion of a major geographical area to acquire or develop a foundation
for regional specialization for professional development.
- Theory and methods of archeology. Methods include, but are not limited to,
typology, classification, sampling, cultural evolution, diffusion, dating,
and analytical techniques.
- Archeological field school, to provide a basic understanding of theoretical
and practical approaches to research design implementation, field
preservation techniques, and report preparation by participation in
actual field work.
AND
- Six semester hours of related course work in:
- geography, geology, or cultural geography;
- history, historiography, or historical archeology;
- environmental studies;
- scientific writing (nonfiction English composition); and/or
- surveying;
AND
- Archeological field school.
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| OR |
| 2. |
Related Curriculum-- Degree in anthropology (with emphasis on ethnology,
physical anthropology, or scientific linguistics), history, American studies, or
a related discipline may be accepted as satisfying in full the educational
requirements, provided the curriculum supplied academic course work sufficiently
similar to the requirements in A.1 (including archeological field school).
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| OR |
| B. |
Combination of education and experience-- College-level education or
training that provided knowledge equivalent to that described in A above, plus
appropriate technical experience or additional education.
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| OR |
| C. |
Experience-- four years of archeological work experience that
demonstrated a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of
professional archeology. The work experience must have included archeology field
experience, which may include that gained in an archeological field school.
Field experience should have included a combination of professional experience in
archeological survey, excavation, laboratory analysis, and preparation of written
materials. Applicants with such field experience should, after additional
experience under the direction of a higher grade archeologist, be able to
demonstrate the ability to be a crew chief, directing the work of others at a
single location as a part of a larger archeological project.
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