diff --git a/Content.Shared/_DEN/Requirements/Managers/PlayerRequirementManager.Context.cs b/Content.Shared/_DEN/Requirements/Managers/PlayerRequirementManager.Context.cs
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+using Content.Shared.Players.PlayTimeTracking;
+using Content.Shared.Preferences;
+using Robust.Shared.Prototypes;
+
+namespace Content.Shared._DEN.Requirements.Managers;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     A record that represents a list of factors that will be checked against PlayerRequirements.
+///     All fields are nullable. A null field represents an optional parameter.
+/// </summary>
+public partial record PlayerRequirementContext
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     The currently-selected character profile of the player we are going to check.
+    /// </summary>
+    public HumanoidCharacterProfile? Profile = null;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     A dictionary of registered playtimes for the player.
+    /// </summary>
+    public Dictionary<ProtoId<PlayTimeTrackerPrototype>, TimeSpan>? Playtimes = null;
+}
diff --git a/Content.Shared/_DEN/Requirements/Managers/PlayerRequirementManager.cs b/Content.Shared/_DEN/Requirements/Managers/PlayerRequirementManager.cs
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+using Content.Shared._DEN.Requirements.PlayerRequirements;
+using JetBrains.Annotations;
+
+namespace Content.Shared._DEN.Requirements.Managers;
+
+public sealed partial class PlayerRequirementManager
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Check a context against enumerable requirements and gets the final pass/fail status of these requirements.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="context">The context containing fields to check against the requirements.</param>
+    /// <param name="requirements">An enumerable collection of requirements.</param>
+    /// <returns>Whether or not this context passes *all* requirements. If even one fails, then this is false.</returns>
+    [PublicAPI]
+    public static bool CheckRequirements(PlayerRequirementContext context, IEnumerable<IPlayerRequirement> requirements)
+    {
+        foreach (var requirement in requirements)
+        {
+            // Pre-check the requirement. This ensures our context has all the fields needed for the requirement.
+            // If the pre-check fails, whether or not this requirement passes depends on requirement.MustPassPreCheck.
+            // If you don't need to pass the pre-check, then it's an auto-success.
+            if (!requirement.PreCheck(context))
+            {
+                if (requirement.MustPassPreCheck)
+                    return false;
+
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // Check the actual requirement, now.
+            if (!requirement.CheckRequirement(context))
+                return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Content.Shared/_DEN/Requirements/PlayerRequirements/IPlayerRequirement.cs b/Content.Shared/_DEN/Requirements/PlayerRequirements/IPlayerRequirement.cs
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+++ b/Content.Shared/_DEN/Requirements/PlayerRequirements/IPlayerRequirement.cs
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+using Content.Shared._DEN.Requirements.Managers;
+
+namespace Content.Shared._DEN.Requirements.PlayerRequirements;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     This interface is used to check some parameters associated with a player (a
+///     <see cref="PlayerRequirementContext"/>) to determine whether or not the player is allowed to
+///     use a certain feature.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+///     This is a replacement of the old JobRequirement system.
+/// </remarks>
+[ImplicitDataDefinitionForInheritors]
+public partial interface IPlayerRequirement
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Whether or not this requirement is inverted.
+    ///     In all cases where this requirement should fail, it will succeed instead, and vice versa.
+    /// </summary>
+    [DataField]
+    bool Inverted { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Requirements undergo a "PreCheck" to check if the context value has all relevant parameters.
+    ///     If this is false, then the requirement auto-passes the requirement if the pre-check fails.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    ///     Say you have a requirement that checks your playtimes. In the pre-check, we check if the
+    ///     context's playtimes are non-null. If your playtimes are null, we fail the pre-check.
+    ///
+    ///     If MustPassPreCheck is false, then this will treat it as auto-passing the requirement;
+    ///     we ignore the requirement entirely. If MustPassPreCheck is true, we auto-fail the
+    ///     requirement instead.
+    /// </remarks>
+    [DataField]
+    bool MustPassPreCheck { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Check if the given context has all parameters required in order to perform an actual check.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    ///     Because context parameters are meant to be optional, we can use this information to ignore
+    ///     (auto-succeed) checks where we lack all the needded parameters, depending on the value of
+    ///     <see cref="MustPassPreCheck"/>.
+    /// </remarks>
+    /// <param name="context">A definition of parameters to check against the requirement.</param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
+    bool PreCheck(PlayerRequirementContext context);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Check a context's fields against this requirement to determine if it passes or fails.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="context">A definition of parameters to check against the requirement.</param>
+    /// <returns>Whether or not the given context passes this requirement.</returns>
+    bool CheckRequirement(PlayerRequirementContext context);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Get a localized string representing how this requirement displays to players.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    ///     This should, ideally, display regardless if the context actually passes or not.
+    ///     It should also display differently depending on the value of <see cref="Inverted"/>.
+    /// </remarks>
+    /// <param name="context">A definition of parameters to check against the requirement.</param>
+    /// <returns>An optional string representing the requirement text to display to a player.</returns>
+    string? GetReason(PlayerRequirementContext context);
+}
diff --git a/Content.Shared/_DEN/Requirements/PlayerRequirements/PlayerRequirements.Playtime.cs b/Content.Shared/_DEN/Requirements/PlayerRequirements/PlayerRequirements.Playtime.cs
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+using Content.Shared._DEN.Requirements.Managers;
+using Content.Shared.Roles;
+using Robust.Shared.Prototypes;
+
+namespace Content.Shared._DEN.Requirements.PlayerRequirements;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     An abstract class for playtime requirements that expect a playtime to be within
+///     optional minimum and maximum parameters.
+/// </summary>
+public abstract partial class PlayerPlaytimeRequirement : IPlayerRequirement
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    [DataField] public bool Inverted { get; set; } = false;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    [DataField] public bool MustPassPreCheck { get; set; } = false;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     The minimum time you can have in this tracker.
+    /// </summary>
+    [DataField] public TimeSpan? MinTime = null;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     The maximum time you can have in this tracker.
+    /// </summary>
+    [DataField] public TimeSpan? MaxTime = null;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public bool PreCheck(PlayerRequirementContext context)
+    {
+        return context.Playtimes != null;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public abstract bool CheckRequirement(PlayerRequirementContext context);
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public abstract string? GetReason(PlayerRequirementContext context);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Check if a given playtime tracker fits within the minimum and maximum times of this requirement.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="playtime">The playtime to check.</param>
+    /// <returns>Whether or not this playtime is valid.</returns>
+    protected bool IsValidPlaytime(TimeSpan playtime)
+    {
+        if (MinTime != null & playtime < MinTime)
+            return false;
+
+        if (MaxTime != null & playtime > MaxTime)
+            return false;
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Gets a localized "reason" string for this requirement's playtime ranges.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    ///     For example: "Less than 30 minutes", "At least 120 minutes", "Between 20 minutes and 180 minutes".
+    /// </remarks>
+    /// <returns>
+    ///     A string describing how much playtime you should have. Null if both minimum and maximum as null.
+    /// </returns>
+    protected string? GetPlaytimeConstraintReason()
+    {
+        if (MinTime == null && MaxTime == null)
+            return null;
+
+        var minTimeString = FormatPlaytime(MinTime);
+        var maxTimeString = FormatPlaytime(MaxTime);
+
+        return (MinTime, MaxTime) switch
+        {
+            (not null, not null) => Loc.GetString("player-requirement-playtime-minmax-time",
+                ("minimum", minTimeString), ("maximum", maxTimeString)),
+
+            (null, not null) => Loc.GetString("player-requirement-playtime-maximum-time",
+                ("playtime", maxTimeString)),
+
+            (not null, null) => Loc.GetString("player-requirement-playtime-minimum-time",
+                ("playtime", minTimeString)),
+
+            _ => null
+        };
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Gets a localized time string for the given playtime.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="playtime">The playtime to format.</param>
+    /// <returns>A localized time string for this playtime.</returns>
+    private static string FormatPlaytime(TimeSpan? playtime)
+    {
+        var time = ((int?)playtime?.TotalMinutes) ?? 0;
+
+        return playtime != null
+            ? Loc.GetString("player-requirement-playtime-time", ("playtime", time))
+            : string.Empty;
+    }
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Checks if a player's total playtime in a given department fits within a given playtime range.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed partial class PlayerDepartmentPlaytimeRequirement : PlayerPlaytimeRequirement
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     The department we should check against the requirement.
+    /// </summary>
+    [DataField(required: true)]
+    public ProtoId<DepartmentPrototype> Department = default!;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override bool CheckRequirement(PlayerRequirementContext context)
+    {
+        var playtime = GetDepartmentPlaytime(context);
+        if (playtime is null)
+            return false;
+
+        return IsValidPlaytime(playtime.Value);
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public override string? GetReason(PlayerRequirementContext context)
+    {
+        // Get the department name.
+        var protoMan = IoCManager.Resolve<IPrototypeManager>();
+        if (!protoMan.TryIndex(Department, out var department))
+            return null;
+
+        var deptName = Loc.GetString(department.Name);
+
+        // Get the playtime constraint string.
+        var playtimeString = GetPlaytimeConstraintReason();
+        if (playtimeString == null)
+            return null;
+
+        // E.g. "You must have 120 minutes in the Science department."
+        return Loc.GetString("player-requirement-department-playtime-reason",
+            ("timeConstraint", playtimeString),
+            ("department", deptName));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Get the total playtime for this department.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="context">A definition of parameters to check against the requirement.</param>
+    /// <returns>The total playtime of this department. Null if either context playtimes or department is invalid.</returns>
+    private TimeSpan? GetDepartmentPlaytime(PlayerRequirementContext context)
+    {
+        var protoMan = IoCManager.Resolve<IPrototypeManager>();
+        var playtime = TimeSpan.Zero;
+
+        if (context.Playtimes == null
+            || !protoMan.TryIndex(Department, out var department))
+            return null;
+
+        // Sum the playtimes of all roles in this department.
+        foreach (var roleId in department.Roles)
+        {
+            if (!protoMan.TryIndex(roleId, out var role))
+                continue;
+
+            if (!context.Playtimes.TryGetValue(role.PlayTimeTracker, out var roleTime))
+                continue;
+
+            playtime += roleTime;
+        }
+
+        return playtime;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Resources/Locale/en-US/_DEN/requirements/playtime-requirements.ftl b/Resources/Locale/en-US/_DEN/requirements/playtime-requirements.ftl
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+player-requirement-playtime-time = {$playtime} minutes
+player-requirement-playtime-minimum-time = at least {$playtime}
+player-requirement-playtime-maximum-time = less than {$playtime}
+player-requirement-playtime-minmax-time = between {$minimum} and {$maximum}
+
+player-requirement-department-playtime-reason = Must have {$timeConstraint} in the {$department} department.