Individual Occupational Requirements for
GS-1386: Photographic 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-186), 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."
- Degree: scientific or engineering field that included 6 semester hours in college-level
mathematics and 24 semester hours of courses in one or any combination of the following
fields: photographic technology, photographic science, photogrammetry, engineering,
physics, or chemistry.
OR
- Combination of education and experience--at least 30 semester hours of courses as shown in
A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
OR
- A total of at least 4 years of education, training, and/or technical experience
substantially equivalent to a full 4-year or longer professional engineering curriculum
accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. An applicant whose
qualifications are evaluated under this paragraph must be registered as a professional
engineer, or must have successfully passed the Engineer-in-Training examination, or must
be currently employed in a professional engineering position in the Federal service.
Courses in photography are qualifying only if they are technological or scientific
in nature, rather than practical or artistic. Thus, for example, courses in photographic chemistry or
photographic instrumentation would be qualifying, but those in commercial photography, portrait photography, etc. would not be.
Professional experience is defined as experience in non-routine phases of
photographic technology, photographic science, photogrammetry, engineering, chemistry, physics, or a
closely related science or discipline. This experience must have demonstrated a professional body of
knowledge such as would be acquired through completion of all the requirements for a bachelor's degree
in the discipline, a professional ability to apply scientific methodology to photographic technology problems,
and a continuing development of professional knowledge and ability.
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