Individual Occupational Requirements for
GS-404: Biological Science Technician 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-57), but contains minor edits
to conform to web-page requirements.
Use these individual occupational requirements in
conjunction with the "Group Coverage Qualification Standard for
Technical and Medical Support Positions."
Experience must have been related to the
work of the position for which application is made. The
specialized experience required for some positions in this
series is normally work performed in a controlled environment.
Examples of qualifying specialized experience include:
- Research activity or control program work.
- Nursery work that required the growing and maintenance
of plants in a controlled environment.
- Work comparable to that with a large dairy farm where
production records, animal environment, and sanitary
conditions were kept in accordance with modern dairy
practice.
Farming experience that was not performed in a controlled
environment, or experience as a laborer who was not
responsible for planning and scheduling his/her own work, but
only performed assigned tasks, would not qualify as
specialized experience.
OR
Successful completion of
l year of study that included at least 6 semester hours in any
combination of scientific or technical courses such as
biology, chemistry, statistics, entomology, animal
husbandry, botany, physics, agriculture, or mathematics.
Successful completion of
2 years of study that included at least 12 semester hours in
any combination of courses such as those shown above for GS-3.
At least 6 semester hours of courses must be directly related
to the position to be filled.
Successful completion of
a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree
with major study or at least 24 semester hours in any
combination of courses such as those shown above for GS-3.
At least 6 semester hours of courses must have been directly
related to the position to be filled. The successful
completion of a full course of study of at least 12 months
in a school for clinical laboratory technicians may be
substituted for the 1 year of specialized experience required
at the GS-5 level for positions involving microbiology and
biochemistry technician work.
FOR DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR POSITIONS WITH PILOT DUTIES
Applicants must:
- Possess a current FAA Commercial Airman Certificate
with ratings appropriate for the duties performed;
- Possess an instrument rating;
- Have completed a minimum of 500 hours of flight time
as Pilot-in-Command and 25 hours of flight time as
Pilot-in-Command at night; and
- Possess a current Class II Medical Certificate.
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