Supervisory Agricultural Commodity Grader (Cotton)
Note:
You may apply if you are a current AMS employee with career/career conditional tenure in the Competitive Service (You must submit an SF-50 that reflects current employment with AMS and career/career-conditional tenure (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND status in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1). Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. TIME-IN-GRADE:
Current federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. Specialized
Experience:
at least one year of specialized experience which is equivalent to at least the GS-09 level of the Federal service, performing the following duties:
1) applying grade standards to agricultural commodities; 2) knowledge of cotton classing operations, including operating cotton testing instruments, such as high-volume instruments (HVI); 3) knowledge of office software in order to create and use work products; 4) communicating orally and in writing in order to receive and convey information; 5) prioritizing assignments to meet targeted deadlines; and 6) leading teams and small groups in order to complete a common objective. Must be reflected in resume. OR Education:
successfully completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; or I possess an LL.M. degree, if related. This education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position; examples of qualifying fields include Agriculture, Mathematics, Engineering, Science, Business, Economics or a related field of study. One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that information cannot be determined from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered as equivalent to 1 year of full-time study. You must submit transcript(s). OR Combination:
possess an appropriate combination of successfully completed graduate level education and experience. To determine your combination, first compute your experience as a percentage of the experience listed above; then determine your education as a percentage of the education listed above; then add the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate education in excess two full years (36 hours) may be used to qualify. You must submit transcripts). Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
You may apply if you are a current AMS employee with career/career conditional tenure in the Competitive Service (You must submit an SF-50 that reflects current employment with AMS and career/career-conditional tenure (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND status in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1). Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. TIME-IN-GRADE:
Current federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. Specialized
Experience:
at least one year of specialized experience which is equivalent to at least the GS-09 level of the Federal service, performing the following duties:
1) applying grade standards to agricultural commodities; 2) knowledge of cotton classing operations, including operating cotton testing instruments, such as high-volume instruments (HVI); 3) knowledge of office software in order to create and use work products; 4) communicating orally and in writing in order to receive and convey information; 5) prioritizing assignments to meet targeted deadlines; and 6) leading teams and small groups in order to complete a common objective. Must be reflected in resume. OR Education:
successfully completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; or I possess an LL.M. degree, if related. This education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position; examples of qualifying fields include Agriculture, Mathematics, Engineering, Science, Business, Economics or a related field of study. One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that information cannot be determined from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered as equivalent to 1 year of full-time study. You must submit transcript(s). OR Combination:
possess an appropriate combination of successfully completed graduate level education and experience. To determine your combination, first compute your experience as a percentage of the experience listed above; then determine your education as a percentage of the education listed above; then add the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate education in excess two full years (36 hours) may be used to qualify. You must submit transcripts). Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
- Department:
1980 Agricultural Commodity Grading - Salary Range:
$64,009 to $83,210 per year
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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