Supervisory Animal Scientist

Summary

This position is located within the Research and Development Service - Veterinary Medical Unit (VMU) at the Central Virginia VA Health Care System (CVHCS) in Richmond - VA.

Basic Requirements:

• You must meet one of the following Basic Requirements below to be eligible for the Supervisory Animal Scientist - GS-0487-9/11
• NOTE:
  
  You must submit a copy of your transcript (unofficial or official) with your application
• Education cannot be credited without documentation
• Display copies of degrees or course listings do not provide the information needed
• Education must have been obtained at an accredited college or university
• Experience must be fully documented in your resume
• Degree:
  Successful completion of a Bachelor's degree (or higher) in animal science - dairy science - poultry science
• or a related discipline or field of animal science that included at least 30 semester hours in the basic biological and agricultural sciences - and 20 semester hours in animal science
• For animal scientist positions - at least 10 of the required 20 semester hours in animal science must have been in courses dealing with the breeding - feeding - production - and management of livestock - and the care and preparation of their products*
• ~OR~ Combination of
  
  Education and Experience:
  
  A combination of education and experience with courses equivalent to a major in the basic biological and agricultural sciences - including a minimum of 20 semester hours in appropriate animal science subjects - as described above - plus appropriate experience or additional education
• For animal scientist positions - at least 10 of the required 20 semester hours in animal science must have been in courses dealing with the breeding - feeding - production - and management of livestock - and the care and preparation of their products*
• Evaluation of
  
  Education:
  
  Course work in such subjects as agronomy - animal - dairy - or poultry science - biology - botany - zoology - microbiology - physiology - genetics - and biochemistry may be used to meet the general 30-semester-hour requirement in the basic biological and agricultural sciences
• * Course work in such subjects as zoology - embryology - animal breeding or genetics - physiology - biochemistry - and any phase of animal - dairy - or poultry science may be used to meet the 20-semester-hour requirement in animal science
• * Course work in animal science includes those subjects dealing with the specific kinds and classes of livestock - e.g.
  
  - cattle - swine - sheep - or fur bearers - their breeding and development - nutrition - management - and utilization
• and the qualities and uses of their products - e.g.
  
  - meat - wool - or leather
• Note regarding Graduate
  
  Education:
  
  To be qualifying - graduate study must have been in animal - dairy - or poultry science
• or in a specialized subject‑matter area of science directly related to these sciences - such as feeds and feeding or nutrition - breeding - and development - physiology - or genetics - where the curriculum or pattern of training placed major emphasis on one of the recognized specialized subject‑matter areas of animal science
• Graduate study in related disciplines or fields of science - such as agronomy - microbiology - biochemistry - biophysics - and dairy - food - or fiber technology (if it dealt with pertinent products or their production) may also be qualifying - provided the graduate work placed a sufficient amount of emphasis on one of the recognized fields or subject‑matter areas of animal science
• ~AND~ In addition to the Basic Requirements above - to qualify for this position at the GS-9 level - you must meet one of the following:
  
  Experience:
  
  You must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-7) in the Federal service that has given you the particular knowledge - skills - and abilities required to successfully perform the duties of a Supervisory Animal Scientist at a development level - and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled
• Specialized experience is performing duties similar to that of a GS-11 grade level but of a more limited scope and with less…