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No. Time-in-grade restrictions apply only to competitive service positions. See 5 CFR § 300.603).
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OPM does not publish qualification standards for positions in the Excepted Service. Therefore agencies have the option of (1) developing their own qualification standards or (2) using OPM competitive service...
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An agency uses the competitive service qualification standard for the grade level and occupation to which the student is being converted. See 5 CFR 213.3202(b)(11)(D).
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An agency must use the same qualification standard it used to appoint the student. See 5 CFR § 213.3202(a)(12) and 213.3202(b)(15).
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