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Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions

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Economics Assistant Series, 0119

Associated Group Standard

Use the Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Technical and Medical Support Positions for this series in conjunction with the Individual Occupational Requirements described below.

Individual Occupational Requirements

Specialized Experience (for positions at GS-4 and above):

Experience in performing research or related work that involved collecting, compiling, verifying, analyzing, or reporting data.

OR

Education and Training

Grade Level Education and Training
For GS-4: Successful completion of 2 years of study that included at least 12 semester hours of courses in subjects such as business law, statistics, algebra, precalculus, calculus, or economics.
For GS-5: Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study with major study in economics, or 24 semester hours in any combination of courses such as those shown above for GS-4.

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