The following requirements are prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management and used to determine minimum qualifications.
| Administrative and Management Positions |
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This qualification standard covers positions in the General Schedule that involve the performance of two-grade interval administrative and management work. It contains common patterns of creditable experience and education to be used in making qualifications determinations.
This standard may also be used for two-grade interval positions other than those listed if the education and experience pattern is determined to be appropriate.
Education and/or experience requirements
There is no degree requirement for this series.
The following table shows the amounts of education and/or experience required to qualify for positions covered by this standard.
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GRADE
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EDUCATION
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EXPERIENCE
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GENERAL
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SPECIALIZED
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GS-5
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4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree
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3 years, 1 year of which was equivalent to at least GS-4
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None
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GS-7
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1 full year of graduate level education
or
superior academic achievement
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None
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1 year equivalent to at least GS-5
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GS-9
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master's or equivalent graduate degree
or
2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree
or
LL.B. or J.D., if related
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None
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1 year equivalent to at least GS-7
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GS-11
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Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
or
3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree
or
LL.M., if related
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None
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1 year equivalent to at least GS-9
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GS-12
and
above
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None
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None
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1 year equivalent to at least next lower grade level
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NOTE: Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for all grade levels for which both education and experience are acceptable.
