Handbook of Occupational Groups and Families		Classification Programs Division
Release Date:  August 2001		Section Fourteen of Sixty-six

    GS-1000 - INFORMATION AND ARTS GROUP   

This group includes positions that involve professional, artistic, technical, or clerical work in: (1) the communication of information and ideas through verbal, visual, or pictorial means; (2) the collection, custody, presentation, display, and interpretation of art works, cultural objects, and other artifacts; or (3) a branch of fine or applied arts such as industrial design, interior design, or musical composition. Positions in this group require writing, editing, and language ability; artistic skill and ability; knowledge of foreign languages; the ability to evaluate and interpret informational and cultural materials; or the practical application of technical or esthetic principles combined with manual skill and dexterity; or related clerical skills.

Throughout the following information, an asterisk (*) stands for series with a published standard and a double asterisk (**) stands for series with a published flysheet.

Series in this group are:

GS-1001 - General Arts and Information Series

This series includes all positions the duties of which are to administer, supervise, or perform: (1) any combination of work characteristic of two or more series in this group where: (a) no one type of work is series controlling; (b) the paramount qualification requirements are not characteristic of another series in the group; and (c) the combination of work is not specifically provided for in another series, or (2) other work typical of this group for which no other series has been established.

GS-1008 - Interior Design Series**

This series includes positions the duties of which are to perform, supervise, or manage work related to the design of interior environments in order to promote employee productivity, health, and welfare, and/or the health and welfare of the public. Typical duties include investigating, identifying, and documenting client needs; analyzing needs, proposing options and, working with the client, developing specific solutions; developing design documents, including contract working drawings and specifications; and, as appropriate, managing design projects performed in-house or by contract. The work requires applying knowledge from a variety of such fields as: (1) interior construction (building systems and components, building codes, equipment, materials, and furnishings, working drawings and specification, codes and standards); (2) contracting (cost estimates, bid proposals, negotiations, contract awards, site visits during construction, pre- and post-occupancy evaluations); (3) facility operation (maintenance requirements, traffic patterns, security and fire protection); (4) aesthetics (sense of scale, proportion, and form; color, texture, and finishes; style and visual imagery); (5) psychology (privacy and enclosure; effects of environmental components (color, texture, space, etc.) on mood, alertness, etc.); and, as appropriate, (6) management (design project and resource coordination).

GS-1010 - Exhibits Specialist Series**

This series includes positions that supervise or perform work involved in planning, constructing, installing, and operating exhibits, the preparation of gallery space for exhibits, the preservation of historic buildings, or the restoration or preparation of items to be exhibited. The work requires a combination of artistic abilities, technical knowledge and skills, and ability to understand the subject matter concepts that assigned exhibits projects are intended to convey.

GS-1015 - Museum Curator Series*

This series includes all classes of positions the primary duties of which are to administer, supervise, or perform professional work related to research, collections and exhibits in Federal museums, when such work is not classifiable in other professional, scientific, or historical series.

GS-1016 - Museum Specialist and Technician Series*

This series includes all classes of positions the duties of which include technical and specialized work in connection with the operation of public museums or the management of museum collections.

GS-1020 - Illustrating Series**

This series includes positions that supervise or perform work involved in laying out or executing illustrations in black and white or in color, and with retouching photographs. The work requires artistic ability, the skill to draw freehand or with drawing instruments, and the ability to use art media such as pen-and-ink, pencils, tempera, acrylics, oils, wash, watercolor, pastels, air brush, or computer-generated graphics. It also requires knowledge of the subject matter being depicted sufficient to create accurate visual representations. Knowledge of basic art principles such as color, line, form, and space is required to produce appropriately composed illustrations.

GS-1021 - Office Drafting Series*

This series includes positions involving the supervision or performance of drafting work for charts, diagrams, floor plans, office forms, and other types of graphic presentation of statistical, administrative, or related data. Positions in this series require skill in the application of drafting techniques, ability to read statistical tables and make arithmetical computations, and knowledge of the various types of graphic presentation that are appropriate for portrayal of statistical, administrative, and related data.

GS-1035 - Public Affairs Series*

This series includes positions responsible for administering, supervising, or performing work involved in establishing and maintaining mutual communication between Federal agencies and the general public and various other pertinent publics including internal or external, foreign or domestic audiences. Positions in this series advise agency management on policy formulation and the potential public reaction to proposed policy, and identify and carry out the public communication requirements inherent in disseminating policy decisions. The work involves identifying communication needs and developing informational materials that inform appropriate publics of the agency's policies, programs, services and activities, and plan, execute, and evaluate the effectiveness of information and communications programs in furthering agency goals. Work in the series requires skills in written and oral communications, analysis, and interpersonal relations.

GS-1040 - Language Specialist Series*

This series includes positions the primary duties of which are to administer, supervise, or perform work in rendering from a foreign language into English or from English into a foreign language the spoken or written word where the ultimate objective is accurate translations and/or interpretations.

GS-1046 - Language Clerical Series**

This series includes positions the duties of which are to supervise or perform translating and/or interpreting work from and into English where the level of language knowledge and skills required is sufficient only for mutual understanding of basic concepts, phrases, and words, or where the level is limited in breadth because of the routine, repetitive nature of the interpreting and translating assignments, and/or clerical duties are performed in conjunction with such translating or interpreting.

GS-1051 - Music Specialist Series

This series covers positions that require a knowledge of one or more of the music arts such as vocal or instrumental music; composition, theory, and harmony; arranging and orchestration; choral or instrumental conducting; classical or modern dance styles including choreography and notation; or musicology. Music specialists: (1) plan, supervise, administer, or carry out educational, recreational, cultural, or other programs in music such as creative music clinics or workshops, or electronic music experiments; (2) produce, stage, direct, or conduct musical productions, concerts, or recitals; (3) instruct or serve as a specialist in conducting; composing; arranging; interpreting classical, modern, ethnic or cultural dance forms; choreography; musicology; or choral or instrumental music; or (4) perform other functions requiring knowledge or skill in music.

GS-1054 - Theater Specialist Series

This series covers positions that require a knowledge of the techniques of producing, staging, rehearsing, or performing in theatrical productions; of technical production; or of theatrical history and literature. Theater specialists: (1) plan, supervise, administer, or carry out educational, recreational, cultural, or other programs in theater, such as children's theater or creative dramatics; (2) produce, stage, or direct theatrical productions; (3) instruct or serve as a specialist in direction; technical production; dance production; performance techniques; playwriting; play or music theater production; or theater administration, management or promotion; or (4) perform other functions requiring knowledge and skill in the theater arts.

GS-1056 - Art Specialist Series

This series covers positions that require a knowledge of the theories and techniques of one or more art forms. Art specialists: (1) plan, supervise, administer, or carry out educational, recreational, cultural, or other programs in art, (2) demonstrate the techniques and instruct in one or more of the arts, or (3) perform other functions requiring knowledge and skill in one or more art forms.

GS-1060 - Photography Series*

This series includes positions that involve supervising or performing work in operating still, television (video), or motion picture cameras, and in processing photographic film and negatives. The work requires, in addition to a knowledge of the equipment, techniques, and processes of photography; (1) working knowledge of the subject matter to be photographed; and/or (2) artistic ability in selecting, arranging, and lighting subjects or in processing work.

GS-1071 - Audiovisual Production Series*

This series includes positions that involve supervising or performing work in the production of videotaped and live television programs; live and prerecorded radio broadcasts; motion picture films; broadcast type closed circuit teleconferences; and other similar productions, such as slide shows with sound accompaniments. The work requires the ability to plan, organize, and direct the work of writers, editors, actors, narrators, musicians, set designers, audio and lighting technicians, camera operators, and other associated technical personnel to produce, select, and arrange the actions, sounds, and visual effects required for the finished production.

GS-1082 - Writing and Editing Series**

This series includes positions that involve writing and editing materials, such as reports, regulations, articles, newsletters, magazines, news releases, training materials, brochures, interpretive handbooks, pamphlets, guidebooks, scholarly works, reference works, speeches, or scripts. The work requires the acquisition of information on a variety of subjects in the course of completing assignments. The work requires the development, analysis, and selection of appropriate information and presentation of the information in a form and at a level suitable for the intended audience.

GS-1083 - Technical Writing and Editing Series**

This series includes positions that involve writing or editing technical materials, such as reports of research findings; scientific or technical articles, news releases, and periodicals; regulations in technical areas; technical manuals, specifications, brochures, and pamphlets; or speeches or scripts on scientific or technical subjects. Technical writers and technical editors draw on a substantial knowledge of a particular subject-matter area, such as the natural or social sciences, engineering, law, or other fields. The work involves the development of information and analysis to select and present information on the specialized subject in a form and at a level suitable for the intended audience.

GS-1084 - Visual Information Series**

This series includes positions that supervise or perform work involved in communicating information through visual means. Work in this series includes the design and display of such visual materials as photographs, illustrations, diagrams, graphs, objects, models, slides, and charts used in books, magazines, pamphlets, exhibits, live or video recorded speeches or lectures, and other means of communicating. The work requires knowledge of and ability to apply the principles of visual design; knowledge of the technical characteristics associated with various methods of visual display; and the ability to present subject matter information in a visual form that will convey the intended message to, or have the desired effect on, the intended audience.

GS-1087 - Editorial Assistance Series*

This series covers positions that involve editorial support work in preparing manuscripts for publication and verifying factual information in them. Such support work includes editing manuscripts for basic grammar and clarity of expression as well as marking copy for format. These positions require skill in using reference works to verify information and knowledge of grammar, punctuation, spelling, and good English usage.

GS-1099 - Information and Arts Student Trainee Series

See the series definition for the General Student Trainee Series, GS-0099.