Description:
Evaluate applicants for federal jobs by applying eligibility and qualifications requirements found in OPM's Qualifications Standards, including basic eligibility, minimum qualification requirements, specialized experience requirements, positive education requirements, and the substitution of education for experience. This course is part of the Certificates of Accomplishment in Human Resources Management.
Who Should Attend?
HR practitioners and others who are involved in the federal recruitment, staffing and/or placement processes
Tuition:
2024 classes:
Virtual Instructor-Led: $1,199
In-Person: $1,199
Self-paced (with instructor assistance): $1,199
2025 classes:
Virtual Instructor-Led: $1,299
In-Person: $1,399
Self-paced (with instructor assistance): $1,299
Credits:
1.8 CEU's
Class Type:
This course is currently being offered in the following training modalities:
- Online
- OnDemand - STAF7024A
- Class Length: Students have 6 months to complete any self-paced course.
- Virtual Instructor-Led - STAF7023A
- Class Length: This class is listed as a 3 day course.
- OnDemand - STAF7024A
- In-Person Classroom
- Qualifications Analysis - STAF7023D
- Class Length: This class is listed as a 3 day course.
- For in-person training sessions, participants are required to download the course materials to a personal device (e.g., laptop or tablet) and bring their device to class for use during classroom instruction.
- Qualifications Analysis - STAF7023D
- On-site
Learning Outcomes:
- Describe the staffing process and the role of qualifications analysis within it
- Understand the purpose of the qualifications process and its historical evolution
- Assess both general and specialized experience
- Evaluate experience and education using the General Policies
- Combine experience and education through proper analytic procedures to determine minimum qualifications
- Understand the purpose and requirements for selective placement factors and quality ranking factors
- Explain in-service placement provisions as they are similar to and differ from outplacement provisions
- Apply legal and regulatory requirements in making eligibility determinations
- Assess the minimum qualifications and the eligibility of a job applicant
- Module 1
- Basis for Qualifications and Qualifications References
- Module 2
- Structure of OPM’s Qualifications Website
- Module 3
- General Policies—Crediting Experience
- Module 4
- General Policies—Crediting Education
- Module 5
- Combining Experience and Education (Clerical and Administrative Support & Technical and Medical Support
- Module 6
- Combining Experience and Education (Administrative and Management & Professional and Scientific)
- Module 7
- Selective and Quality Ranking Factors
- Module 8
- In-Service Placement Provisions
- Module 9
- Legal and Regulatory Requirement
