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Applicant Name: _______________________________________
Section 6: Assessments and Position Requirements
• For each of the occupational series, below, provide indication of your relevant knowledge and experience per the
corresponding statements. Indicate by placing an “X” under the corresponding column for each statement of typical duty
associated with an occupational series.
• Only provide indications for position/occupational series for which you wish to apply.
Program Analysts (Occupational Series 0301)
Primarily serve as analysts and advisors to management on the evaluation of the effectiveness of government programs and
operations or the productivity and efficiency of the management of Federal agencies or both.
Program Analysts (Series 0301)
extensive
independently
with
but extensive
experience
1) Apply analytical and evaluative techniques to the
identification, consideration, and resolution of issues
or problems of a procedural or factual nature.
2) Use qualitative and quantitative analytical
techniques such as: literature search; work
m
easurement; task analysis and job structuring;
productivity charting; development and
administration of questionnaires; flowcharting of
work processes; graphing; and calculation of
means, modes, standard deviations, or similar
3) Analyze issues in the assignment, then selects and
applies accepted analytical techniques such as
task analysis, work simplification, work-flow charts
,
w
orkload measurement, and trend analysis to the
resolution of procedural problems affecting the
efficiency, effectiveness, or productivity of the
organization and/or workers studied.
4) Observe work in progress to identify and resolve
problems in work-flow, work methods and
procedures, task distribution, overall workload,
forms and record keeping, span of control, and
organizational structure.
5) Identify, analyze and make recommendations to
resolve conventional problems and situations.