---
kind: "unit"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
key: "ptIII/sptB/ch33/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "Examination, Certification, and Appointment"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/ptIII-sptB-ch33-schI"
sections_count: 39
---

# Subchapter I — Examination, Certification, and Appointment

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees › Part III — Employees › Subpart B — Employment and Retention › Chapter 33 — Examination, Selection, and Placement

## Sections

- [§3301. Civil service; generally](/usc/5/3301.md)
- [§3302. Competitive service; rules](/usc/5/3302.md)
- [§3303. Competitive service; recommendations of Senators or Representatives](/usc/5/3303.md)
- [§3304. Competitive service; examinations](/usc/5/3304.md)
- [§3304a. Competitive service; career appointment after 3 years’ temporary service](/usc/5/3304a.md)
- [§3305. Competitive service; examinations; when held](/usc/5/3305.md)
- [§3306. Repealed.](/usc/5/3306.md)
- [§3307. Competitive service; maximum-age entrance requirements; exceptions](/usc/5/3307.md)
- [§3308. Competitive service; examinations; educational requirements prohibited; exceptions](/usc/5/3308.md)
- [§3309. Preference eligibles; examinations; additional points for](/usc/5/3309.md)
- [§3310. Preference eligibles; examinations; guards, elevator operators, messengers, and custodians](/usc/5/3310.md)
- [§3311. Preference eligibles; examinations; crediting experience](/usc/5/3311.md)
- [§3312. Preference eligibles; physical qualifications; waiver](/usc/5/3312.md)
- [§3313. Competitive service; registers of eligibles](/usc/5/3313.md)
- [§3314. Registers; preference eligibles who resigned](/usc/5/3314.md)
- [§3315. Registers; preference eligibles furloughed or separated](/usc/5/3315.md)
- [§3315a. Repealed.](/usc/5/3315a.md)
- [§3316. Preference eligibles; reinstatement](/usc/5/3316.md)
- [§3317. Competitive service; certification using numerical ratings](/usc/5/3317.md)
- [§3318. Competitive service; selections using numerical ratings](/usc/5/3318.md)
- [§3319. Competitive service; selection using category rating](/usc/5/3319.md)
- [§3320. Excepted service; government of the District of Columbia; selection](/usc/5/3320.md)
- [§3321. Competitive service; probationary period](/usc/5/3321.md)
- [§3322. Voluntary separation before resolution of personnel investigation](/usc/5/3322.md)
- [§3323. Automatic separations; reappointment; re­employment of annuitants](/usc/5/3323.md)
- [§3324. Appointments to positions classified above GS–15](/usc/5/3324.md)
- [§3325. Appointments to scientific and professional positions](/usc/5/3325.md)
- [§3326. Appointments of retired members of the armed forces to positions in the Department of Defense](/usc/5/3326.md)
- [§3327. Civil service employment information](/usc/5/3327.md)
- [§3328. Selective Service registration](/usc/5/3328.md)
- [§3329. Appointments of military reserve technicians to positions in the competitive service](/usc/5/3329.md)
- [§3330. Government-wide list of vacant positions](/usc/5/3330.md)
- [§3330a. Preference eligibles; administrative redress](/usc/5/3330a.md)
- [§3330b. Preference eligibles; judicial redress](/usc/5/3330b.md)
- [§3330c. Preference eligibles; remedy](/usc/5/3330c.md)
- [§3330d. Appointment of military and Department of Defense, Department of State, and intelligence community spouses](/usc/5/3330d.md)
- [§3330e. Review of official personnel file of former Federal employees before rehiring](/usc/5/3330e.md)
- [§3330f. Government policy and supporting position data](/usc/5/3330f.md)
- [§3330g. DOD use of shared talent pools and structured assessments](/usc/5/3330g.md)