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-1658:    Laundry and Dry Cleaning Plant Management 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-213), but contains minor edits to conform to web-page requirements.

This is an individual qualification standard.

EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS
The following table shows the amounts of experience, education, and/or training required to qualify for positions covered by this standard.

GRADE EXPERIENCE OR EDUCATION/TRAINING
General Specialized  
GS-5 3 years, 1 year of which was equivalent to at least GS-4 None 4-year course of study above high school leading to a bachelor's degree. Also, see section on "Training" below.
GS-6 None 1 year equivalent to at least GS-5 See section on "Training" below.
GS-7 None 1 year equivalent to at least GS-6 See section on "Training" below.
GS-8 and above None 1 year equivalent to at least next lower grade level None
Equivalent combinations of experience and education/training are qualifying for grade levels for which both experience and education/training are acceptable.

EXPERIENCE
General Experience (for GS-5 positions): Experience that provided a familiarity with the methods used or typical actions taken in managing a manufacturing or processing activity, such as controlling production, planning the arrangement of industrial equipment, determining personnel and material requirements, scheduling production processes, or other business-related work.

Specialized Experience (for positions at GS-6 and above): Experience that included supervisory or administrative functions pertaining to the day-to-day processing operations of laundry and/or dry cleaning plants. Such experience must be appropriate to the position to be filled, e.g., laundry, dry cleaning, or both.

OR

EDUCATION/TRAINING
Education (for positions at GS-5 only): Major study--business administration, production management, industrial management, engineering, or other related fields.

Training (for positions at GS-5 through GS-7): Intensive vocational training may be credited on the basis of 1 month of training for 2 months of experience. To substitute for general experience, training must have been in laundry and/or dry cleaning methods. To substitute for specialized experience, training must have been directly related to the management of laundry and/or dry cleaning plants, as appropriate to the position to be filled.

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