Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions

Individual Occupational Requirements for

GS-1521: Mathematics 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-207), 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."

Specialized Experience (for positions at GS-4 and above): Experience may have been gained in technician positions such as physical science, engineering, computing, mathematics, and statistics.

Education and Training:

For GS-3:	Successful completion of l year of study that included at least 6 semester hours in any combination of courses such as mathematics, computer programming, engineering science, statistics, physical science, or surveying.
For GS-4:	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.
For GS-5:	Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with major study in, or that included at least 24 semester hours in, mathematics courses including differential and integral calculus.

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