Intermittent Appointments

Instructions & Forms

Schedule A 213.3113(a)(5) - 180 day Limit in a Service Year:

Employees hired under Excepted Intermittent appointments must not exceed 180 work days in a service year, which is one year from date of hire.   This authority may only be used at the area office and field office level.  The position must include duties performing field assistance. The SF-52 may be initiated in the field office but must be signed by the ASTC-FO for your area.

These documents may require Adobe Acrobat.

Information and Instructions for Hiring Excepted Intermittent Employees (rev. 9/05)
Flowchart (67kb)
CAMS Processing Calendar (23kb)
SF-52 (125kb)
 

Time Limits:

You are responsible for ensuring that an Excepted Intermittent employee:

1. Does not work more than 180 days in a service year.
2. If employee exceeds more than 1,040 hours in a service year then extension can only be for one additional year.  (Note:  1,040 hours is less than 180, 8-hour days)  This is also true even if the employee works less than 1,040 hours the following service year.

These forms available at OPM :

OF-306, Declaration of Federal Employment   (PDF)         Have candidate again sign/date.
OF-612, Optional Application for Government  or some form of resume or application
SF-1199A, Direct Deposit Sign-up Form
SF-61, Appointment Affidavits
SF-181, Race and National Origin Identification
SF-256, Self-Identification of Handicap
SF-144, Statement of Prior Federal Service
W-4, Federal Withholding Allowance Certificate
I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification
WT-4, Wisconsin Withholding Exemption Certificate (from WI Dept. of Revenue)
AD-349, Employee Address
Notice of Conditions of Temporary Appointment (DOC)

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