Knowledge Skills & Abilities

KSA stands for Knowledge Skills & Abilities. Here is what these terms mean:

Knowledge: knowledge refers to the factual or procedural information that you have and is required or helpful for the government job you're applying to. Examples of Knowledge: Federal Regulations and Directives, Accounting, etc...

Skills: Mostly dealing with the manipulation of data & people, skills are the mental, verbal and manual skills that you have and are related to the job. Examples of Skills: Fluency in a second language, mastery of a software, etc...

Abilities: Abilities describe your ability to perform mental or physical activities that might be needed for your new Federal job. Examples of Abilities: Communicate orally, supervising, etc...

Other elements that don't fall under the previous 3 categories might also be included. Examples: multi-tasking, coping with stress, etc...