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<td rowspan="5">2.</td>
<td colspan="2" rowspan="5"><p>Explanation</p>
<p>Reason for Submission</p>
<p>Redescription</p>
<p>Reestablishment</p>
<p>(Show any positions</p></td>
<td rowspan="2"><blockquote>
<p>3. Service</p>
<p>New Hdqtrs Field</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2" rowspan="2">4. Employing Office Location</td>
<td colspan="3" rowspan="2">5. Duty Station</td>
<td></td>
<td colspan="2">6. OPM Certification No.</td>
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<tr class="even">
<td rowspan="2"><p>and</p>
<p>Interest</p></td>
<td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p>9. Subject to IA Action</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Yes No</p>
</blockquote></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td rowspan="3"><blockquote>
<p>Other</p>
</blockquote>
<p>replaced)</p></td>
<td colspan="2"><p>7. Fair Labor Standards Act</p>
<p>Exempt Nonexempt</p></td>
<td colspan="3"><p>8. Financial Statements Required</p>
<p>Executive Personnel Employment</p>
<p>Financial Disclosure Financial</p></td>
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<tr class="even">
<td rowspan="2">10.</td>
<td rowspan="2"><blockquote>
<p>Position Status</p>
<p>Competitive</p>
<p>Excepted (Specify in Remarks)</p>
<p>SES (Gen.) SES (CR)</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td rowspan="2">11.</td>
<td rowspan="2"><blockquote>
<p>Position Is</p>
<p>Supervisory</p>
<p>Managerial</p>
<p>Neither</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p>12. Sensitivity</p>
<p>1--Non- 3--Critical</p>
<p>Sensitive</p>
<p>2--Noncritical 4--Special</p>
<p>Sensitive Sensitive</p></td>
<td colspan="2">13. Competitive Level Code</td>
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<td colspan="2">14. Agency Use</td>
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<td colspan="2">15. Classified/Graded by</td>
<td colspan="4">Official Title of Position</td>
<td colspan="2">Pay Plan</td>
<td>Occupational Code</td>
<td>Grade</td>
<td>Initials</td>
<td>Date</td>
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<td colspan="2"><p>a. Office of Per­</p>
<blockquote>
<p>sonnel</p>
<p>Management</p>
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<td colspan="4"></td>
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<td></td>
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<td></td>
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<td colspan="2"><p>b.Department,</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Agency or</p>
<p>Establishment</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"><p>c. Second Level</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Review</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"><p>d.First Level</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Review</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"><p>e. Recommended by</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Supervisor or</p>
<p>Initiating Office</p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td colspan="6">16. Organizational Title of Position (if different from
offiical title)</td>
<td colspan="6">17. Name of Employee (if vacant, specify)</td>
</tr>
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> 18\. Department, Agency, or Establishment
>
> Signature of Employee (optional)

19\. Employee Review-This is an accurate description of the major duties
and responsibilities of my position.

20\. this information is to be used for statutory purposes relating to
Supervisory Certification. I certify that this is an accurate

> statement of the major duties and responsibilities of this position
> appointment and payment of public funds, and that false or misleading
> and its organizational relationships, and that the position is
> statements may constitute violations of such statutes or their
> necessary to carry out Government functions for which I am
> implementing regulations.
>
> responsible. This certification is made with the knowledge that
>
> a\. Typed Name and Title of Immediate Supervisor
>
> b\. Typed Name and Title of Higher-Level Supervisor or Manager
> (optional)

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Information for Employees. The standards, and information on their
application, are available in the personnel office. The classification
of the position may be reviewed and corrected by the agency or the U.S.
Office of Personnel Management. Information on classification/job
grading appeals, and complaints on exemption from FLSA, is available
from the personnel office or the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

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a\. Employee (optional)

b.Supervisor

c\. Classifier

> 24\. Remarks

25\. Description of Major Duties and Responsibilities (See Attached)

> OF 8 (Rev. 1-85)
>
> U.S. Office of Personnel Management FPM Chapter 295

Instructions for Completing Optional Form 8\
POSITION DESCRIPTION

In order to comply with the requirements of FPM Chapter 295, subchapter
3, and other provisions of the FPM, agencies must complete the items
marked by an asterisk. Agencies may determine what other items are to be
used.

> \*1. Enter position number used by the agency for control purposes.
> See FPM Chapter 312, Subchapter 3.

13\. Enter competitive level code for use in reduction-in-force actions.
See FPM Chapter 351.

> 14\. Agencies may use this block for any additional coding
> requirement.
>
> \*2. Check one.

-   \"Redescription\" means the duties and/or responsibilities of an
    exisitng position are being changed.

-   \"New\" means the position has not previously existed.

-   \"Reestablishment\" means the position previously existed, but had
    been cancelled.

-   \"Other\" covers such things as change in title or occupational

> series without a change in duties or responsibilities.

-   The \"Explanation\" section should be used to show the reason if

> \"Other\" is checked, as well as any position(s) replaced by
>
> position number, title, pay plan, occupational code, and grade.
>
> \*25.24.19.·For \"Official Title of Position,\" see the applicable
> classification or job grading standard. For positions not covered by a
> published standard, see the General Introduction to \"Position
> Classification Standards,\" Section III, for GS positions, or FPM
> Supplement 512-1, \"Job Grading System for Trades and Labor
> Occupations,\" Part 1, Section III.

-   For \"Pay Plan code, see FPM Supplement 292-1, \"Personnel Data
    Standards,\" Book III.

-   For \"Occupational Code,\" see the applicable standard; or, where no
    standard has been published, see the \"Handbook of Occupational
    Groups and Series of Classes\" for GS positions, or FPM Supplement
    512-1, Part 3, for trades and labor positions. For all postions in
    scientific and engineering occupations, enter the two-digit
    functional classification code in parentheses immediatey following
    the occupational code, e.g., \"GS-1310(14).\" The codes are listed
    and discussed in the General Introduction to \"Position
    Classification Standards,\" Section VI.

3\. Check one.

> \*4. Enter geographical location by city and State (or if position is
> in a foreign country, by city and country).
>
> \*5. Enter geographical location if different from that of #4.
>
> 6\. To be completed by OPM when certifying positions. (See Item 15 for
> date of OPM certification.) For SES and GS-16/18 positions and
> equivalent, show the position number used on OPM Form 1390 (e.g.,
> DAES0012).
>
> \*7. Check one to show whether the incumbent is exempt or nonexempt
> from the minimum wage and overtime provisions of the Fair Labor
> Standards Act. See FPM Chapter 551.
>
> 8\. Check box if statement is required. See FPM Chapter 734 for the
> Executive Personnel Financial Disclosure Report, SF 278. See FPM
> Chapter 735, Subchapter 4, for the Employment and Financial Interests
> Statement.

16\. Enter the organizational, functional, or working title if it
differs from the official title.

> 17\. Enter the name of the incumbent. If there is no incumbent, enter
> \"vacancy.\"
>
> \*18. Enter the organizational location of the position, starting with
> the name of the department or agency and working down from there.

If the position is occupied, have the incumbent read the attached
description of duties and responsibilities. The employee\'s signature is
optional.

This statement normally should be certified by the immediate supervisor
of the position. At its option, an agency may also have a higher-level
supervisor or manager certify the statement.

This statement should be certified by the agency official who makes the
classification/job grading decision. Depending on agency regulations,
this official may be a personnel office representative, or a manager or
supervisor delegated classification/job grading authority.

9\. Check one to show whether Identical Additional positions are
permitted. See FPM Chapter 312, Subchapter 4. Agencies may show the
number of such positions authorized and/or established after the \"Yes\"
block.

> 10\. Check one. See FPM Chapter 212 for information on the competitive
> service and FPM Chapter 213 for the excepted service. For a postiion
> in the excepted service, enter authority
>
> for the exception, e.g., \"Schedule A-213.3102(d)\" for Attorney 22.
> positions excepted under Schedule A of the Civil Service Regulations.
> SES (Gen) stands for a General position in the
>
> Senior Executive Service, and SES (CR) stands for a Career 23.
> Reserved position.

Enter the position classification/job grading standard(s) used and the
date of issuance, e.g., \"Mail and File, GS-305, May 1977.\"

Agencies are encouraged to review periodically each established position
to determine whether the position is still necessary and, if so, whether
the position description is adequate and classification/job grading is
proper. See FPM Letter 536-1 (to be incorporated into FPM Chapter 536).
This section may be used as part of the review process. The employee\'s
initials are optional. The inititals by the supervisor and classifier
represent recertifications of the statements in items #20 and #21
respectively.

11\. Check one.

-   A \"Supervisory\" position is one that meets the requirements for a
    supervisory title as set forth in current OPM classification and
    job-grading guidance. Agencies may designate first-level supervisory
    positions by placing \"1\" or \"1st\" after \"Supervisory.\"

This section may be used by the agency for additional coding
requirements or for any appropriate remarks.

Type the description on plain bond paper and attach to the form. The
agency position number should be shown on the attachment. See
appropriate instructions for format of the description and for any
requirements for evaluation documentation, e. g., \"Instructions for the
Factor Evaluation System,\" in the General Introduction to \"Position
Classification Standards,\" Section VII.

-   A \"Managerial\" position is one that meets the requirements for
    such a designation as set forth in current OPM classification
    guidance.

> 12\. Check one to show whether the position is non-sensitive,
> noncritical sensitive, critical sensitive, or special sensitive for
> security purposes. If this is an ADP position, write the letter \"C\"
> beside the sensitivity.