Effective September 28th, 2023, the POMS sections covering transferability of skills were revised as part of a plain language rewrite initiative.

While this update is a substantial rewrite to the form of the affected sections, streamlining the previous eight-step transferability of skills process down to a five-step process, there are no obvious substantive policy changes. Additionally, a new subsection, DI 25015.19, has been created to demonstrate examples of proper policy-compliant transferability of skills assessment (TSA) documentation.

This rewrite will be subjected to a future revision if the currently proposed regulation amending the lookback period for past relevant work experience from fifteen years to five years is enacted. See 88 Fed. Reg. 67135.

To see the current POMS sections, please see the following links: DI 25015.15, DI 25015.017, DI 25015.018, and DI 25015.019.

Previous versions of the affected POMS sections can be viewed here.