Individual Occupational Requirements for
GS-645: Medical 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-103), 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."
(a) Technical
medical laboratory support work such as performing laboratory tests and examinations (chemical,
microbiologic, hematologic and blood banking) and preparing reports of findings or (b) technical
support work in a closely related field, e.g., biological laboratory technician work, that required
application of the methods and techniques for the position to be filled.
OR
| For GS-3: |
Successful completion of (a) a full-time training course of approximately a year's duration in
a medical or clinical laboratory assistant (or technician) school that included instruction in
chemistry, hematology, blood banking, and microbiology (including serology) and that, in
addition, included supervised laboratory practice incident to the diagnostic process and the
treatment of patients; or (b) 1 year of study that included at least 6 semester hours in
chemistry and/or biological science. |
| For GS-4: |
Successful completion of (a) an associate-degree course of study of which the 2nd year of the
2-year program included successful completion of a training course of approximately a year's
duration in a certified laboratory assistant school approved by a nationally recognized
accrediting agency; (b) 1 year of study that included 6 semester hours in chemistry and/or the
biological sciences, plus successful completion of the training course as described in (a)
above for GS-3; or (c) 2 years of study that included at least 12 semester hours of chemistry
and/or biological science course work that must have been directly related to the
specialization of the position to be filled. |
| For GS-5: |
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 subjects appropriate to the position to be
filled. |
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