Detailed Analysis of OPM Personnel Management Report

This report provides an analysis of the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the principal human resource agency and personnel manager for the Federal Government. The report examines the OPM's mission of recruiting, retaining, and honoring a world-class workforce. It delves into key areas of responsibility, including employee management, healthcare programs, retirement benefits, and merit-based hiring. The report focuses on the Classification and Qualification sections of the OPM website, detailing federal position classification, qualification requirements, and job grading systems for both General Schedule and Federal Wage System positions. It explores the classification of white-collar jobs, general qualification policies, test requirements, and medical standards. Additionally, the report examines the General Schedule Qualification Standards, including group coverage, occupational requirements, and minimum criteria for various occupations. The analysis covers the purpose, subsections, and content of each section, offering a comprehensive overview of the OPM's role in managing the federal workforce.

THE UNITED STATES OFFICE
OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
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Description
 The principal human resource agency and
personnel manager for the Federal Government.
 Mission of the agency :“recruiting, retaining and
honoring a world-class force to serve the
American people”
 The key areas of OPM’s responsibility
directing employee management services and human
resources;
managing healthcare, insurance programs and
administering retirement benefits,
overseeing inclusive and merit-based hiring and
recruitment into the civil services;
providing an overall secure process of employment.

Classification and Qualification
Classification Pages
 General information about
the classification of
Federal positions
 Occupational information
 Grading criteria for the
General Schedule and
Federal Wage
Classification Systems
 Draft classification and
job grading standards
Qualification Pages
 General policies and information
on eligibility and qualifications
for Federal occupations
 Government-wide qualification
requirements for specific
occupations
 Draft qualifications standards
 A list of occupations that have
medical requirements
 Recent issuances of new or
revised qualification standards
 Federal Wage System
Qualifications

Classifying General Schedule Positions
 Description: Classifies the general white collar position jobs
under the federal government.
 Subsections: Overview, Standards and Functional guidelines
for white collar jobs
 Purpose: Declaring the available white collar job positions
organized by relevant occupational series under the various
agencies of the Federal Government
 Definition of White Collar Jobs: An occupation is regarded
white collar if the primary responsibility of the job demands
knowledge, skills and experience of administrative, clerical,
artistic, scientific or technical nature, regardless of the
involvement of manual or physical labor, as such knowledge
and experience must not be related to trade, craft or manual
labor based work. (Introduction to the Position Classification
Standards (TS134, July 1995, Revised 2009)

General Schedule Qualification Policies
 Description: OPM established policy for General Schedule or
equivalent white collar jobs under the Federal Government
 Purpose: To provide necessary information to the Federal
agencies for scrutinizing whether the applicants meet the
specified eligibility criteria for the intended position
 Subsections: Overview, General Policies, Test Requirements,
Medical Requirements, Technical Update, Memo
 General Policies: Provides the appropriate policies, standards and
instructions to identify the minimum eligibility criteria for the
qualifications of the applicants for Federal employment
 Test Requirements: Provides the framework for both written and
performance test as applicable to the declared positions
 Medical Requirements: Specifies the criteria for establishing the
physical requirements and medical standards for specific job positions
* Requirements are restricted to the section of competitive
appointments, if not specified otherwise.

General Schedule Qualification Standards
 Description: Stipulates the qualification
standards pertaining to group coverage, individual
and associated individual occupational
requirements (IOR) encompassing the white collar
occupations under the Federal competitive service
 Purpose: To determine the minimum criteria for
medical, professional, educational, experience as
well as age related requirements for each of the
occupational series
 Subsections: Overview, Drafts, Recent Issuance,
Group Standards, List by Occupational Series, List
by Title, Specialty areas.