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Civilian and military positions in the acquisition workforce have acquisition duties that fall into fifteen functional areas. For each area, certification is available at three levels typified as Level I Basic or Entry (GS5-9), Level II Intermediate or Journeyman (GS 9-12), and Level III Advanced or Senior (GS 13 and above): Auditing
The traditional "entry level" grade within DCAA is the GS-7 level (some employees come in either at the lower GS-5 level or higher GS-9 or GS-11 levels) and the "career ladder" is GS-7 to GS-9 to GS-11 and finally to GS-12, with the employee expected to advance between grades after one year and if hired as a GS-7, to reach the GS-12 level after ...
SES positions are considered to be above the GS-15 level of the General Schedule, and below Level III of the Executive Schedule. Career members of the SES ranks are eligible for the Presidential Rank Awards program. [citation needed] Up to 10% of SES positions can be filled as political appointments rather than by career employees. [3]
An Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) score is used to determine basic qualifications for enlistment. The AFQT scores are divided into the following categories Category I: 93–99; Category II: 65–92; Category III A: 50–64; Category III B: 31–49; Category IV A: 21–30; Category IV B: 16–20; Category IV C: 10–15; Category V: 0–9
Schedule B appointments are "not practicable to hold a competitive examination". Schedule B appointees must meet the qualification standards for the job. As of 2016, there were 36 agency-unique Schedule B hiring authorities. [1] [3] Schedule C appointments are political appointments to confidential or policy-setting positions. [1] [3]
Following reform of the civil service in 1949, when the General Schedule with its three "supergrades" (GS-16 through GS-18) was created, and then following creation of the Senior Executive Service in 1978, however, Foreign Service Officers in senior policy positions found themselves regularly equated to mid-level counterparts in the military ...
The competitive service is a part of the United States federal government civil service.Applicants for jobs in the competitive civil service must compete with other applicants in open competition under the merit system administered by the Office of Personnel Management, unlike applicants in the excepted service and Senior Executive Service.
An SGE who is expected to work more than 60 days in a year and is paid at least 120% of the minimum for a GS-15 must file similar reports as a regular employee. [6] SGEs who do not meet both the 60 day and pay requirements must file confidential financial disclosures unless their position entails only a remote possibility of a conflict of ...