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-493:    Home Economics 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-80), 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:

  1. Degree: home economics; or a related discipline or field of science that included at least 20 semester hours in or directly applicable to foods and nutrition, home management and household economics, housing and household equipment, textiles and clothing, or child and family development.
    OR
  2. Combination of education and experience--courses equivalent to a major, or at least 20 semester hours in home economics, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Successful completion of a dietetic internship approved by the American Dietetic Association qualifies for appointment at the GS-7 level to home economics positions that are concerned primarily with work in nutrition, or in menu and food preparation.

Updated 06 November 1998