Individual Occupational Requirements for
GS-414: Entomology 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-60), 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: entomology; or a related discipline of the biological or physical
sciences that included at least 16 semester hours in entomology.
OR
- Combination of education and experience--courses equivalent to a major that
included course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or
additional education.
Evaluation of Education: Applicants with major fields of study in biology, zoology, or invertebrate
zoology may fully meet the basic educational requirements if their academic preparation included
substantive instruction (including appropriate laboratory and field work) in basic general entomology,
taxonomy, physiology, ecology, general and organic chemistry, general physics, and mathematics or
statistics that provided some training in the analysis of variables.
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