The text below is extracted verbatim from
Section IV-B of the Operating Manual for Qualification Standards
for General Schedule Positions (p.170-171), but contains minor edits
to conform to web-page requirements.
Use these individual occupational requirements in conjunction with the
"Group Coverage Qualification Standard for
Administrative and Management Positions."
EDUCATION
Undergraduate Education: Major study--business administration, textile and
apparel studies, political science, economics, marketing, international trade,
international business, international affairs, international relations, international
economics, or other related fields of study.
Graduate Education: Major study--international business, international
trade, international economics, international affairs, or international relations.
OR
EXPERIENCE
General Experience (for GS-5 positions): Experience that demonstrated a
basic knowledge and under-standing of the commercial movement of goods and services,
including the processes of international commerce; underlying financial and tariff
structures; the promotion and facilitation of exporting; foreign market research and
development; import/export laws and controls; or related activities.
Specialized Experience (for positions above GS-5): Experience that
demonstrated the application of knowledge of international economic and political
factors influencing the flow of goods and services between countries; the impact of
government policies and regulations, business conditions, and market structures on
international competitiveness; or of problems and techniques relating to the sales and
marketing of goods and services in world markets.
The following examples of qualifying specialized experience represent a range of
experience from the GS-7 through GS-15 grade levels:
- Providing guidance and assistance to businesses involved in, or seeking
involvement in, export of goods and services to foreign countries when the
work applied understanding of economic (exchange rate, duties, and subsidies),
business (role of goods involved in partners economies, competitiveness of U.S.
products, foreign market potentials), and geo-political considerations impacting
movement of goods and services internationally. Business export or trade
assistance based only upon knowledge of administrative processes (e.g.,
licensing, customs documentation, documentation of government-controlled issues,
etc.) would not be qualifying.
- Engaging in international marketing or performing international market research
when such activity required identifying foreign sales opportunities, adapting
export promotion techniques or products to conditions in foreign markets, or
designing strategies for overcoming competition or market entry barriers in
overseas markets.
- Analysis and interpretation of international trade issues, conditions, or
events in support of decision-making, policy formulation, or program development
activities of government or industry executives concerned with the U.S. position
in world trade.
- Analysis of foreign market characteristics, domestic industry conditions, and
trade patterns in specific commodities to support negotiation and/or administration
of bilateral or multilateral international trade agreements.
- Development and substantive analysis of international trade data and information
when the primary purpose of, and knowledge applied to, such work involved
financial, business, or geo-political parameters of international commerce.
- Monitoring, investigation, and analysis of import/export data and information
to document adherence by U.S. trading partners to trade agreements, tariff
provisions, court-ordered import limitations, or other established import
controls.
- Assisting State or local governments, chambers of commerce, or trade associations
in trade promotion activities.
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