ARCHITECT

This announcement uses the Defense Industrial Base, Major Range and Test Facilities direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to certain positions in the competitive service.

Qualifications

Education

Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications
Standards Manual:

Successful completion of a bachelor's or higher degree in architecture

OR

Bachelor's or higher degree from an accredited college or university in architecture; or related field which includes 60 semester hours of course
work in architecture or related disciplines of which at least (1) 30 semester hours were in architectural design and (2) 6 semester hours were in
each of the following: structural technology, properties of materials and methods of construction, and environmental control systems
OR a combination of college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the arts and
sciences underlying professional architecture, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the architectural principles,
methods, and techniques and their applications to the design and construction or improvement of buildings. The adequacy of your background
is demonstrated by at least one of the following: (I) Related Curriculum- Degree from an accredited college or university in architectural
engineering may be accepted as satisfying in full the basic requirements, provided the completed course work in architectural engineering
provided knowledge, skills, and abilities substantially equivalent to those provided in the courses specified in response A. (II) Experience- An
applicant lacking a degree in architecture must have at least 1 year of experience in an architect's office or in architectural work for each year
short of graduation from a program of study in architecture. In the absence of college courses, 5 years of such experience is required. This
experience must have demonstrated that the applicant has acquired a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of
professional architecture.

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