TECHNICAL EDITOR

ASSESSMENT FACTORS

1. With little to no supervision, completes work, meets priorities, and achieves results.
2. Plans, organizes, prioritizes, and schedules own work activities to complete assignments in timely and effective manner.
3. Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills to compose and to deliver responses to moderately complex questions in a clear, concise, and organized manner.
4. Establishes effective working relationship to successfully complete work.
5. Takes initiative to collaborate with team members and other individuals on specific topics or issues.

HIGHLY DESIRED SKILLS


1. Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud Suite applications or other graphic design software.

Individual Occupational Requirements

Education

Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Must have included a total of 15 semester hours in an
appropriate scientific, technical, or social science field(s), and at least one course above the
introductory level in the field(s) covered by the position. For technical manuals and specifications writers or editors, the equivalent of 15 semester hours may have been gained through vocational or educational training above the high school level at a public, private, or Armed Forces school.

OR

Experience

Specialized Experience (for positions above GG-5): Experience that required substantial subject matter or technical knowledge of the field. This experience must have demonstrated the ability to acquire and present technical information through independent reading, interviews with subject matter specialists, observation of tests and experiments, interpretation of blueprints or diagrams, or other appropriate methods. Such experience may have been acquired as a writer or editor of technical reports, articles, manuals, or specifications.