General Physical Science

The 1301 series, General Physical Science, is used for physical scientists whose work crosses disciplines or does not fit a single specialty such as chemistry or geophysics. In practice it covers environmental compliance, hazardous materials, program management of scientific work and interdisciplinary research. Recent employers have included United States Fleet Forces Command, the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the U.S. Marine Corps, the Bureau of Reclamation, Air Force headquarters, Department of Energy headquarters and NASA.

Recent listings have included interdisciplinary physical scientist and chemist positions, an environmental compliance manager, a director of environmental compliance, a physical scientist in hazardous materials under direct hire authority, a supervisory interdisciplinary announcement spanning geophysics, chemistry, astronomy and space science and physics, a supervisory physical scientist and a NASA science program management position.

Applying tip: the series has a positive education requirement, a degree in physical science, engineering or mathematics that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science or related engineering science, so make those hours easy to find on your transcript summary. Our engineering guide explains how positive education requirements are evaluated.