The model — PD Builder (first cut)
Confidential · HSG InternalFirst working cut
The PD Builder, on a real APHIS position.
A first cut of the model — one position, one location, one workforce inside the broader mandate: the COPEG “Biologist / Methods & Development” position (313201 · FSN-11) moving through the exact stages Gilda runs by hand today. Tap the stages; edit the duty percentages and watch the 100% rule enforce itself. The same line generalizes to every APHIS workforce and pay system.
Biologist — Methods & Development Department Head
USDA / APHIS — International Services (APHIS-IS) · COPEG — New World Screwworm Eradication Program · 313201-R0150582 · FSN-11
Section 11 — Major Duties & Responsibilities
Total 100% ✓A. Research, Development & Laboratory / Field Testing
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- Plans, conducts and interprets mass-rearing tests for New World Screwworm (diet-batch acceptance, larval pH, egg hatch, pupal yield over 10-day cycles).
- Leads multi-generation trials to improve rearing inputs (e.g., 8-generation replacement of banned formaldehyde with potassium permanganate).
- Plans and oversees field studies of sterile and transgenic flies — release, recapture and trap monitoring across cooperating farms.
- Designs and statistically analyzes mating-behavior and strain-compatibility trials in R (e.g., PANCR24 vs. NICARAGUA25).
- Directs cryopreservation of screwworm lines and coordinates new techniques with USDA-ARS.
- Prepares and certifies technical reports (PB-DDM series) under ISO 9001 procedures.
B. Supervision & Personnel Management
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- Manages the Methods & Development Department across four areas on 24/7 rotating shifts (Research Lab, Field Testing, Transgenic Lab, Cryopreservation).
- Plans, assigns, schedules and reviews the work of subordinate supervisors, coordinators and technicians.
- Full supervisory authority: leave approval, recruitment, performance plans and evaluations, employee development and discipline.
- Handles labor matters and ensures operational continuity during absences.
C. Administration, Coordination & Reporting
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- Coordinates department budgets, procurement of specialized inputs, and inter-departmental scheduling.
- Maintains records and databases (e.g., production-strain field monitoring) and reports program metrics to leadership.
Edit the percentages — the platform enforces the 100% rule the classifier needs, and rebuilds these duty areas from the incumbent's activity logs automatically.
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