Qualifications
GS-04: In addition to the Basic Requirements (see Education section), your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-03 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector:
- Experience assisting with applying standardized rules, procedures, methods, techniques, and operations that apply to radiological principles or health physics.
- Experience assisting with gathering, recording, and assembling pertinent data and report observations and findings to appropriate personnel.
- Experience reviewing radiological control practices and procedures.
- Experience implementing safety requirements.
GS-05: In addition to the Basic Requirements (see Education section), your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-04 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector:
- Experience assisting with applying standardized rules, procedures, methods, techniques, and operations that apply to radiological principles or health physics.
- Experience assisting with gathering, recording, and assembling pertinent data and report observations and findings to appropriate personnel.
- Experience preventing, controlling and investigating incidents.
- Experience assisting with documenting deficiencies in writing reports and assessments.
GS-06: In addition to the Basic Requirements (see Education section), your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-05 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector:
- Experience assisting with applying standardized rules, procedures, methods, techniques, and operations that apply to radiological principles or health physics.
- Experience assisting with utilizing radiation survey to implement radiation control requirements in assigned ship or shipyard area(s).
- Experience utilizing ship and shipyard layout (including location of safety and emergency equipment, drain water and sewage systems, harbor, contaminated equipment, and radiation sources) to plan ways to control possible incidents.
- Experience utilizing ventilation, detection, filtration, and containment material, equipment, and systems to assure adequacy of various standard containment and ventilation systems and procedures.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:
Physical Science Technician Series 1311 (opm.gov)
General Schedule Qualification Standards (opm.gov)
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
Education
Specialized Experience (for positions at GS-4 and above):
Examples of qualifying specialized experience include work in the fields of astronomy, physics, geophysics, chemistry, hydrology, health physics, engineering, electronics, geology, oceanography, and metallurgy.
Experience as a laboratory mechanic or in a trade or craft may be credited as general or specialized experience when the work was performed in close association with physical scientists or other technical personnel and provided intensive knowledge of appropriate scientific principles, methods, techniques, and precedents.
OR
Applicants may substitute the following level of education for the required specialized experience:
GS-06
Graduate education or an internship meets the specialized experience required above GS-5
ONLY in those instances where it is directly related to the work of the position.
GS-05
Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree (a) with major study in an appropriate field of physical science, or (b) that included at least 24 semester hours in any combination of courses such as physical science, engineering, or any branch of mathematics, except financial and commercial mathematics.
GS-04
Successful completion of 2 years of study that included at least 12 semester hours in any combination of courses such as physical science, engineering, or any branch of mathematics, except financial and commercial mathematics.
COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be combined to meet the total qualification requirements.
If you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, you must submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned) in your resume. IF CLAIMING EDUCATION, FAILURE TO SUBMIT TRANSCRIPTS/ITEMIZED LIST WILL RESULT IN AN INELIGIBLE RATING. See OPM's General Policies for information on crediting education.