Handbook of Occupational Groups and Families		Classification Programs Division
Release Date:  August 2001		Section Twenty-four of Sixty-six

    GS-2000 - SUPPLY GROUP   

This group includes positions that involve work concerned with furnishing all types of supplies, equipment, material, property (except real estate), and certain services to components of the Federal Government, industrial, or other concerns under contract to the Government, or receiving supplies from the Federal Government. Included are positions concerned with one or more aspects of supply activities from initial planning, including requirements analysis and determination, through acquisition, cataloging, storage, distribution, utilization to ultimate issue for consumption or disposal. The work requires a knowledge of one or more elements or parts of a supply system, and/or supply methods, policies, or procedures.

Throughout the following information, an asterisk (*) stands for series with a published standard and a double asterisk (**) stands for series with a published flysheet.

Series in this group are:

GS-2001 - General Supply Series**

This series includes positions involving: (1) a combination of supply work covered by two or more two-grade interval series in the Supply Group when no other series is appropriate for the paramount knowledge and abilities required for the position; or (2) other analytical or administrative supply work not specifically covered by another series.

GS-2003 - Supply Program Management Series**

This series includes positions that involve: (1) management, direction, or administration of a supply program that includes a mixture of technical supply functions; or (2) staff managerial, or administrative work primarily concerned with analyzing, developing, evaluating, or promoting improvements in the policies, plans, methods, procedures, systems, or techniques of a supply program.

GS-2005 - Supply Clerical and Technician Series*

This series includes positions involved in supervising or performing clerical or technical supply support work necessary to ensure the effective operation of ongoing supply activities. It requires knowledge of supply operations and program requirements and the ability to apply established supply policies, day-to-day servicing techniques, regulations, or procedures.

GS-2010 - Inventory Management Series**

This series includes positions that involve analytical work in managing, regulating, coordinating, or otherwise exercising control over supplies, equipment, or other material. The work includes one or more phases of material management including initial planning, provisioning and requirements determination, acquisition and distribution, accountability, and ultimate issue for consumption, retention, or disposal. The work requires knowledge of acquisition processes, automated records and control systems, material substitution criteria, and storage, issue, and disposal processes.

GS-2030 - Distribution Facilities and Storage Management Series**

This series includes positions that involve analytical or managerial work concerned with receiving, handling, storing, maintaining while in storage, issuing, or physically controlling items within a storage and distribution system. Positions covered by this series require, as their primary qualification, knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of managing the physical receipt, custody, care, and distribution of material, including the selection of appropriate storage sites, material handling equipment, and facilities.

GS-2032 - Packaging Series**

This series includes positions that involve planning, designing, and developing packaging methods and techniques, and directing the use of packages and packaging materials to protect supplies, materials, and equipment between the time of purchase and use. This occupation requires knowledge of packaging and preservation methods, material, regulations, specifications, and guidelines. It also requires knowledge of methods and techniques to prevent environmental and mechanical damage during handling, shipping, and storage.

GS-2050 - Supply Cataloging Series**

This series includes positions that involve analytical work in the development, maintenance, or revision of supply catalogs, manuals, stock lists, item descriptions, and other documents that identify items of supply. Positions in this series require a knowledge of the physical characteristics of supply items and of systems for cataloging and classifying such supply items to insure proper identification for management purposes.

GS-2091 - Sales Store Clerical Seriesb*

This series includes all classes of positions the duties of which are to supervise or perform checkout, sales clerk, customer assistance, or other clerical duties that are involved in the retail sale of merchandise or stock items and that require the application of clerical knowledge, procedures, and/or practices that are peculiar to sales store operations.

GS-2099 - Supply Student Trainee Series

See the series definition for the General Student Trainee Series, GS-0099.