[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 5, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2008] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 5CFR315.702] [Page 165-166] TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT PART 315_CAREER AND CAREER-CONDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT--Table of Contents Subpart G_Conversion to Career or Career-Conditional Employment From Other Types of Employment Sec. 315.702 Employees serving without competitive examination in rare cases. (a) Recommendation by agency. An agency may recommend to OPM that [[Page 166]] the employment of an employee who has completed at least 1 year of satisfactory service under Sec. 316.601 be converted to career or career-conditional employment. (b) Tenure on approval of recommendation. When OPM approves the agency's recommendation submitted under paragraph (a) of this section, the employee becomes: (1) A career-conditional employee, except as provided in paragraph (b)(2) of this section; (2) A career employee when he has completed the service requirement for career tenure or is excepted from it by Sec. 315.201(c). (c) Acquisition of competitive status. A person whose employment is converted to career or career-conditional employment under this section acquires a competitive status automatically on conversion.