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Draft Job Family Standard for Administrative Work in Investigation, Enforcement, Inspection, and Compliance Group, GS-1800
Release Date:  December 2001 - DRAFT Section Four of Thirty-One

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General Series, Titling, and Occupational Guidance
General Titling Provisions
Information By Series
Categories of Work

GENERAL SERIES, TITLING, AND OCCUPATIONAL GUIDANCE


This section provides information on series definitions, titling instructions, and occupational guidance for nonsupervisory two-grade interval administrative positions in the Investigation, Enforcement, Inspection, and Compliance Group, GS-1800. It also provides information on titling instructions for supervisors, leaders, agency-established parenthetical titles, and organizational titles in this job family.


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General Titling Provisions

Supervisors and Leaders


  • Add the prefix Supervisory to the title of positions classified using the General Schedule Supervisory Guide.
  • Add the prefix Lead to the title of positions classified using the General Schedule Leader Grade Evaluation Guide.

    • Parenthetical Titles

  • None prescribed. Agencies may supplement the basic titles authorized in this standard with parenthetical titles if necessary for recruitment or other human resources needs.

    • Organizational Titles

    Use the official position titles as outlined below for human resources management, budget, and fiscal purposes. This does not preclude continued use of organizational or functional titles for internal administration, public convenience, program management, or similar purposes.

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    Information by Series

    General Compliance, GS-1801:


    General Investigation, GS-1810:


    Criminal Investigation, GS-1811:


    Fish and Wildlife Inspection, GS-1813:


    Immigration Inspection, GS-1816:


    Mine Safety and Health Compliance, GS-1822:


    Wage and Hour Investigation, GS-1849:


    Agricultural Compliance, GS-1850:

    Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Compliance, GS 1854:

    Equal Opportunity Investigation, GS-1860:

    Customs Patrol Enforcement, GS-1884:

    Import Compliance, GS-1889:


    Customs Inspection, GS-1890:


    Border Patrol Enforcement, GS-1896:



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    Categories of Work

    This job family standard further groups its covered series into four categories of work: Investigation, Enforcement, Inspection, and Compliance. The categories are determined by the primary nature of most of the work in their associated occupational series. However, the categories are not mutually exclusive. In each category, situations will occur where work associated with another category is also performed, but is not the principle work for which the position was established. The grading criteria, or factor level descriptions (FLDs), devised for Factor 1 - Knowledge Required by the Position, Factor 4 - Complexity, and Factor 5 - Scope and Effect are distinct for each category and type of work described below.

    For additional information on each covered series, see its Occupational Information section.

    Investigation Work

    Investigation work within this job family covers situations where the employee undertakes extensive investigations primarily for the purpose of establishing and pursuing civil or criminal cases that will be processed and prosecuted by further administrative and judicial action, usually after being turned over by the investigator to other authorities. This category is further divided into two types: administrative investigation work and criminal investigation work. Many of the processes, techniques, and knowledge used in each type may be similar. The primary distinction between the two is the purpose of the initial investigation: administrative or civil actions or criminal prosecution. Some investigation work leads to establishing compliance through conciliation and never leads to administrative sanction or criminal prosecution. Nonetheless, the majority of work and the principle purpose of the work covered by series in the Investigations category are focused on formal investigations and building cases for further action.

    This work entails investigating alleged or suspected non-criminal administrative matters to determine whether Federal law(s) have been violated. When violations are substantiated, they result in civil or administrative sanctions, judgments, or decisions.

    This work entails investigating alleged or suspected criminal violations of Federal law(s). When violations are substantiated, they result in criminal prosecution.

    Enforcement Work

    Enforcement work entails detecting and preventing smuggling of contraband, aliens, drugs, and controlled substances into the United States and apprehending and arresting suspected violators.

    Inspection Work

    Inspection work entails administering and enforcing laws and regulations through monitoring, observations, and examinations of persons, personal baggage, commercial cargo, catches, merchandise, and wildlife and wildlife products to affirm or certify adherence to standards and requirements.

    Compliance Work

    Compliance work entails examining, interpreting, accepting, appraising and/or monitoring regulated products, establishments, industries, and imported merchandise to determine compliance with laws, regulation, and polices. The entities that are examined typically will have set up internal programs and procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. The compliance work often involves reviewing those programs and the outcomes of the procedures and making suggestions for improvement.



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    Updated 6 February 2002