AFSCVA36-203 governs Air Force civilian merit promotion principles and requirements for identifying, evaluating, and selecting candidates.
View AFSCVA36-203 on armypubs.army.mil
It addresses affirmative employment, temporary and competitive promotions, USAJOBS applications, resumes, appraisal factors, and 120-day registers. It requires selection based solely on job-related criteria and permits noncompetitive temporary promotions for up to 120 days within a 12-month period.
Applies to: The merit promotion principles apply to all employees and the factors that compose the promotion process are described below.
The underlying principle of the Merit Promotion Program is the identification, qualification evaluation, and selection of candidates made without regard to lawful political affiliation race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, prior EO activity, or any other non-merit factors prohibited by statute, regulation, or Executive Order, and shall be based solely on job-related criteria in accordance with legitimate position requirements.
In this regard, Air Force actions must adhere to the requirements of the Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program (FEORP) when filling positions.
Civilian employees are eligible to be noncompetitively temporary promotion up to 120 days within a 12-month period.
Temporary promotions under this procedure for bargaining unit positions must adhere to the terms of the AFMC Master Labor Agreement (Link to MLA).
Employees have the right to apply through the USAJOBs website for positions that through the competitive promotion process provides for the opportunity for career advancement.