U.S. Office of Personnel Mgt.

United States Office of Personnel Management

Operating Manual

Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions

Individual Occupational Requirements for

GS-639:    Educational Therapist 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-100), 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: education; or a field applicable to the work, such as occupational therapy or psychology, provided that the curriculum included or was supplemented by at least 12 semester hours in education.

Note: Applicants who have graduated from an approved curriculum and who subsequently completed a substantial, e.g., 6 months, program of clinical practice planned to assure professional competence to practice in the occupation may be rated eligible for GS-6, rather than GS-5.

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