Individual Occupational Requirements for
GS-1740: Education Services 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-221), 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: Degree: that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours appropriate
to the position to be filled in one or a combination of the areas described below. At least one course must
have been from (1) or (2) below. For guidance counselor positions, a college or university-sponsored
practicum in counseling is also required.
- Tests and measurement: Study of the selection, evaluation, administration, scoring,
interpretation, and uses of group and individual aptitude, proficiency, interest, and other
tests.
- Adult education: Study of the adult as a learner, teaching-learning theories for
adults, models and procedures for planning, designing, managing, and evaluating adult
learning activities.
- Educational program administration: Study of the foundation and methods in
organizing for adult and continuing education programs.
- Curriculum development or design: Study of the principles and techniques for
development of curricula for adult or vocational education programs.
- Teaching methods: Study of teaching strategies and learning styles of the adult
learner.
- Guidance and counseling: Study of the purposes and methods in counseling and
guidance, the role of the counselor in various settings, approaches to counseling, and the
uses of tests in the counseling situation.
- Career planning: Study of career development, learning activities, systems,
approaches, program coordination, use of educational and community resources, and
vocational counseling systems.
- Occupational information: Study of theories of occupational choice and vocational
development and their application to the guidance process. Identification and utilization
of various types of occupational information and resources.
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