6. DEGREE AND EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION TERMS

SPC recognizes that successful performance depends on having personnel with the right skills and experience. These skills and experience are acquired through a proper mix of education and professional experience. We have found that skills required to support advanced technology efforts and today's problems and tomorrow's challenges are not always supported by the traditional formal education and work experience combination. Therefore, we have incorporated substitution allowances between equivalent education and experience in order to provide the quality of services required by the customer at the most reason price. The following tables present substitution equivalencies for education and experience requirements.

Additional years of related experience may be substituted for degree requirements.

Degree Requirement Equivalent Experience Substitution
High School GED
Associate High School plus two years additional related experience
Bachelor's High school plus four years additional related experience or Associate's degree plus two years additional related experience
Master's Bachelor's degree plus two years additional related experience or six years additional related experience
Doctorate Bachelor's degree plus four years or Master's degree plus two years or eight years additional related experience

A related degree may be substituted for years of related work experience.


Degree Equivalent Years of Experience
Bachelor's Two
Master's Four
Doctorate Six