U.S. Office of Personnel Mgt.

United States Office of Personnel Management

Operating Manual

Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions

Individual Occupational Requirements for

GS-1384:    Textile Technology 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-195), but contains minor edits to conform to web-page requirements.

Use these individual occupational requirements in conjunction with the "Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Professional and Scientific Positions."

Basic Requirements--Cotton Technologist:

  1. Degree: cotton technology; or related subjects such as physics, chemistry, or mechanical or electrical engineering that included courses in cotton technology totaling at least 20 semester hours.
    OR
  2. Combination of education and experience--courses equivalent to a major in cotton technology or related subjects as shown in A above (including at least 20 semester hours in cotton technology courses), plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Basic Requirements--Fiber Technologist:

  1. Degree: fiber technology, biology, chemistry, physics; or a related subject-matter field that included at least 20 semester hours in fiber technology and related subjects.
    OR
  2. Combination of education and experience--courses equivalent to a major in fiber technology, biology, chemistry, physics; or a related subject-matter field that included at least 20 semester hours in fiber technology and related subjects, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Basic Requirements--Textile Technologist:

  1. Degree: textile technology.
    OR
  2. Combination of education and experience--courses equivalent to a major in textile technology that included at least 20 semester hours in textile technology and closely related subjects, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

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