Individual Occupational Requirements for
GS-020: Community Planning 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-6), but contains minor edits
to conform to web-page requirements.
Use the individual occupational requirements in conjunction with the
"Group Coverage Qualification Standard for
Professional and Scientific Positions."
- Degree: community planning; or related field such as urban affairs, architecture,
landscape architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political
science, or public administration that included at least 12 semester hours in the
planning process, socioeconomic and physical elements of planning, urban and
regional economic analysis, and development finance.
Note: Applicants with degrees in related fields, such as those listed
above, who do not have the 12 semester hours of specified course work must have had
at least 1 year of work experience in community planning acquired under the
supervision and guidance of a community planner.
OR
- Combination of education and experience--courses equivalent to a major in one of the
above disciplines, or a combination of related courses totaling at least 24 semester
hours in any combination of the above disciplines of which at least 12 semester hours
were in the planning process, and socioeconomic and physical elements of planning,
plus appropriate experience or additional education.
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