Individual Occupational Requirements for
GS-1340: Meteorology 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-188), 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."
- Degree: meteorology, atmospheric science, or other natural
science major that included:
- At least 24 semester (36 quarter) hours of credit in
meteorology/atmospheric
science including a minimum of:
- Six semester hours of atmospheric dynamics and
thermodynamics;*
- Six semester hours of analysis and prediction
of weather systems (synoptic/mesoscale);
- Three semester hours of physical meteorology;
and
- Two semester hours of remote sensing of the
atmosphere and/or instrumentation.
- Six semester hours of physics, with at least one course
that includes laboratory sessions.*
- Three semester hours of ordinary differential equations.*
- At least nine semester hours of course work appropriate
for a physical science major in any combination of
three or more of the following: physical hydrology,
statistics, chemistry, physical oceanography, physical
climatology, radiative transfer, aeronomy, advanced
thermodynamics, advanced electricity and magnetism,
light and optics, and computer science.
*There is a prerequisite or corequisite of calculus for course work in atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics, physics, and differential equations. Calculus courses must be appropriate for a physical science major.
OR
- Combination of education and experience--course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate
experience or additional education.
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