The University of Central Florida contains two types of employees: Line employees and OPS employees. Please use the following definitions as a resource for classifying employees.

Line Employees

A line employee is a type of employee who is eligible for benefits and is either exempt or non-exempt from overtime.

Line employees include:

Administrative and Professional (A&P): A professional, benefits holding position that is exempt from overtime.

Faculty (FAC): An instructional, benefits holding position that is exempt from overtime.

University Support Personnel System (USPS): A benefits holding position that is either exempt or non-exempt from overtime.

Post Doctoral Associates (PDAs): A contracted position that is eligible for some benefits.

Executive Service (EXEC): A position that is directly assigned by the President.

OPS Employees

An OPS, or Other Personal Services, employee is a type of employee who is hired into an hourly or contracted temporary position without benefits.

OPS employees include:

Adjuncts: A contracted, or fixed bi-weekly, position that includes an Adjunct Faculty Agreement and an established job code.

Graduate Assistantships: A contracted, or fixed bi-weekly, position that requires employees to be enrolled in graduate-level courses at UCF and includes a Graduate Assistantship Contract.

OPSGRD: An hourly position that requires employees to be enrolled in graduate-level courses at UCF, but are not employed in their field of study and are not receiving tuition assistance.

Non-Students: Hourly positions for employees who are not enrolled in any level of courses at UCF and are processed as USPS job codes. Non-student employees cannot work simultaneously in both non-student and student positions.

Undergraduate Students: An hourly position that requires employees to be enrolled in undergraduate-level courses at UCF, are processed as job code OPSSTU and are either exempt or subject to FICA taxes. Student employees cannot work simultaneously in both student and non-student positions.

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For questions or concerns, please contact HR – Records at (407) 823-2772 or records@ucf.edu.

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