{"code":"01498","codeVariants":["01498","1498"],"title":"DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES","variant":null,"jurisdiction":"L","class_of_service":"C","work_week":null,"state_class_code":null,"local_class_code":"18","salary_range":null,"note":null,"salaryInferred":false,"synthetic":false,"syntheticReason":null,"full_description_html":"\n DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES\n \n DEFINITION:\n\n Under direction, assists in supervising weights and measures\n personnel; inspects and tests weighing and measuring devices \n and commodities in commerce for compliance with state law, \n regulations, and standards; does related work as required.\n\n DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS\n\n Positions in this class (1) assist in directing all activities in the \n enforcement of weights and measures laws and regulations, and\n (2) assist in monitoring the progress of the organization toward stated\n goals and objectives periodically making appropriate adjustments.\n\n Positions in this class are those in which the responsibility for\n managing the entire organization is shared between the superintendent\n and the deputy, who aides the superintendent in all phases of the\n organization's work. In the absence of the superintendent, the deputy\n assumes all of his duties, responsibilities, and authority. Typically,\n the deputy superintendent assists the superintendent in planning,\n supervising; and directing all weights and measures activities. The\n deputy operates within broad policies and budget, material, and\n manpower limitations established by management. The decisions and\n committments made by the deputy carry the same \"weight\" and have the\n same authority as those made by the superintendent.\n\n The Deputy Superintendent assists in planning the distribution of\n work to subordinate workers on a day-to-day or a project-by-project\n basis.\n\n EXAMPLES OF WORK:\n\n Assists in formulating and approving operating practices and plans\n and assigns work to the staff.\n\n Receives complaints concerning violations of weights and measures\n laws.\n\n Examines reports of field inspections; assists in determing what\n corrective action should be taken in serious cases.\n\n Assists in filing papers for prosecutions of weights and measures\n violations.\n\n Assists in prosecuting cases in court when necessary, obtaining\n assistance of prosecutor's office in more difficult cases.\n\n Keeps abreast of all changes in weights and measures laws and the\n type of weighing and measuring devices condemned by the state; assists\n in keeping subordinates advised of this information.\n\n Explains and interprets laws and regulations governing weights and\n measures to users of measuring devices and to other people concerned.\n\n Gives talks to interested groups.\n\n Receives and answers communications.\n\n Assists in supervising the testing of weighing and measuring devices \n against established standards.\n\n Assists in preparing annual budget.\n\n Conducts field inspections.\n\n Assists in supervising the establishment and maintenance of suitable \n records and files.\n\n Assists in conducting investigations of weights and measures\n methods, procedures, and alleged violations of statutes; prepares\n reports thereon including reweighing and remeasuring commodities \n in package form.\n\n Performs or assists in the supervision of calibrations conducted\n in the laboratory and laboratory field work of a group of weights and\n measures inspectors for the purpose of verification and certification\n of both official and primary industrial standards of weights and\n measures.\n\n Assists in planning and supervising the field work of a group of\n weights and measures inspectors engaged in operating volumetric,\n pharmaceutical or other specialized testing equipment, making\n inspections and tests on volumetric measuring devices, apothecaries\n weights and measures, and laboratory weighing and measuring devices \n and personally engages in such operations.\n\n Assists in supervising the testing of automatic electronic systems\n such as the universal product code or similar systems and electronic\n measuring systems; works in conjunction with both intrastate, and\n interstate billing systems, wholesale and retail.\n\n Assists in supervising the prototype analysis of weights and measures \n and counting devices as to type, construction, and operation.\n\n Assists in the training of weights and measures personnel in the use of \n weighing, measuring, and counting devices.\n\n Assists in the more complex field, investigative, and enforcement\n work.\n\n Assists in supervising the implementation out of licensing laws\n covering fuels, fuel dealers, weighs, equipment dealers, mechanics,\n lumber dealers, and soil amendment dealers.\n\n Performs and/or assists in the supervision of explanation and\n interpretation of laws and regulations pertaining to weights and\n measures activities as required.\n\n Performs and/or supervises the reweighing, remeasuring or\n recounting of special types of containers requiring techniques that\n cannot readily be employed by field personnel.\n\n Supervises or assists in the examination of specialized and\n automated packaging machines; advises in the development and\n maintenance of quality control systems.\n\n Assists in supervising the preparation of investigation and other\n reports of weights and measures activities.\n\n Assists in compiling evidence of violations and appears in court\n as an expert or technical witness in the prosecution of violators and\n as an expert witness in the verification of devices used by law\n enforcement agencies.\n\n Maintains records and files.\n\n Drafts official correspondence as required.\n\n May be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic\n and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency,\n office, or related units.\n\n REQUIREMENTS:\n\n EXPERIENCE:\n\n Four (4) years of experience in the servicing and repairing, testing, \n or calibrating weighing and measuring devices.\n\n NOTE: Thirty (30) semester hours from an accredited college\n in the fields of Engineering, Physics, Electronics, or Mathematics may\n be substituted for one (1) year of the indicated experience.\n\n NOTE: Applicants must have successfully completed the \n Weights & Measures training program conducted by the State \n Office of Weights & Measures, Department of Law & Public Safety. \n\n LICENSE:\n\n Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in \n New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee \n mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.\n\n KNOWLEDGES AND ABILITIES\n\n Knowledge of the New Jersey laws and the regulations, standards, \n policies, procedures, and specifications concerning weights and \n measure devices.\n\n Knowledge of calibration procedures recognized by the National\n Institute of Standards and Technology including the mathematical \n and statistical processes required to determine the actual value \n of standards verified and of the tables and charts provided by the\n Institute for that purpose.\n\n Knowledge of the design, construction, use, care, adjustment,\n testing and inspection of weighing and measuring devices, including\n scales, meters, equipment, tanks, and compartments, and accessory\n systems.\n\n Knowledge of quantity control methods which are used in the various \n industries in an effort to comply with weights and measures packaging \n requirements.\n\n Knowledge of the univeral product code system or similar systems.\n\n Knowledge of effective supervisory principles and techniques.\n\n Ability to comprehend, analyze, and interpret basic laws,\n regulations, policies, and standards applicable to weights and measures\n testing and inspections.\n\n Ability to collect information and compile evidence.\n\n Ability to prepare clear, technically sound, accurate and\n informative reports and correspondence containing findings, conclusions\n and recommendations.\n\n Ability to act as a witness under oath in hearings and court\n proceedings.\n\n Ability to maintain essential records and files.\n\n Ability to work harmoniously with users of weighing devices\n and other concerned persons.\n\n Ability to explain laws, rules, procedures, and policies to\n users of weighing devices and other concerned and interested persons.\n\n Ability to take a firm and correct stand when controversies\n arise.\n\n Ability to supervise subordinate personnel.\n\n Ability to train personnel in weights and measures procedures\n and techniques.\n\n Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or\n manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or\n related units.\n\n Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in\n English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American\n Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of\n communication.\n\n Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as\n long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after\n reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the\n accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue\n hardship, such persons may not be eligible.\n\nThis job specification is applicable to the following title code:Job
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12/04/2010","sections":{"DEFINITION":"Under direction, assists in supervising weights and measures\n personnel; inspects and tests weighing and measuring devices \n and commodities in commerce for compliance with state law, \n regulations, and standards; does related work as required.\n\n DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS\n\n Positions in this class (1) assist in directing all activities in the \n enforcement of weights and measures laws and regulations, and\n (2) assist in monitoring the progress of the organization toward stated\n goals and objectives periodically making appropriate adjustments.\n\n Positions in this class are those in which the responsibility for\n managing the entire organization is shared between the superintendent\n and the deputy, who aides the superintendent in all phases of the\n organization's work. In the absence of the superintendent, the deputy\n assumes all of his duties, responsibilities, and authority. Typically,\n the deputy superintendent assists the superintendent in planning,\n supervising; and directing all weights and measures activities. The\n deputy operates within broad policies and budget, material, and\n manpower limitations established by management. The decisions and\n committments made by the deputy carry the same \"weight\" and have the\n same authority as those made by the superintendent.\n\n The Deputy Superintendent assists in planning the distribution of\n work to subordinate workers on a day-to-day or a project-by-project\n basis.","EXAMPLES_OF_WORK":"Assists in formulating and approving operating practices and plans\n and assigns work to the staff.\n\n Receives complaints concerning violations of weights and measures\n laws.\n\n Examines reports of field inspections; assists in determing what\n corrective action should be taken in serious cases.\n\n Assists in filing papers for prosecutions of weights and measures\n violations.\n\n Assists in prosecuting cases in court when necessary, obtaining\n assistance of prosecutor's office in more difficult cases.\n\n Keeps abreast of all changes in weights and measures laws and the\n type of weighing and measuring devices condemned by the state; assists\n in keeping subordinates advised of this information.\n\n Explains and interprets laws and regulations governing weights and\n measures to users of measuring devices and to other people concerned.\n\n Gives talks to interested groups.\n\n Receives and answers communications.\n\n Assists in supervising the testing of weighing and measuring devices \n against established standards.\n\n Assists in preparing annual budget.\n\n Conducts field inspections.\n\n Assists in supervising the establishment and maintenance of suitable \n records and files.\n\n Assists in conducting investigations of weights and measures\n methods, procedures, and alleged violations of statutes; prepares\n reports thereon including reweighing and remeasuring commodities \n in package form.\n\n Performs or assists in the supervision of calibrations conducted\n in the laboratory and laboratory field work of a group of weights and\n measures inspectors for the purpose of verification and certification\n of both official and primary industrial standards of weights and\n measures.\n\n Assists in planning and supervising the field work of a group of\n weights and measures inspectors engaged in operating volumetric,\n pharmaceutical or other specialized testing equipment, making\n inspections and tests on volumetric measuring devices, apothecaries\n weights and measures, and laboratory weighing and measuring devices \n and personally engages in such operations.\n\n Assists in supervising the testing of automatic electronic systems\n such as the universal product code or similar systems and electronic\n measuring systems; works in conjunction with both intrastate, and\n interstate billing systems, wholesale and retail.\n\n Assists in supervising the prototype analysis of weights and measures \n and counting devices as to type, construction, and operation.\n\n Assists in the training of weights and measures personnel in the use of \n weighing, measuring, and counting devices.\n\n Assists in the more complex field, investigative, and enforcement\n work.\n\n Assists in supervising the implementation out of licensing laws\n covering fuels, fuel dealers, weighs, equipment dealers, mechanics,\n lumber dealers, and soil amendment dealers.\n\n Performs and/or assists in the supervision of explanation and\n interpretation of laws and regulations pertaining to weights and\n measures activities as required.\n\n Performs and/or supervises the reweighing, remeasuring or\n recounting of special types of containers requiring techniques that\n cannot readily be employed by field personnel.\n\n Supervises or assists in the examination of specialized and\n automated packaging machines; advises in the development and\n maintenance of quality control systems.\n\n Assists in supervising the preparation of investigation and other\n reports of weights and measures activities.\n\n Assists in compiling evidence of violations and appears in court\n as an expert or technical witness in the prosecution of violators and\n as an expert witness in the verification of devices used by law\n enforcement agencies.\n\n Maintains records and files.\n\n Drafts official correspondence as required.\n\n May be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic\n and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency,\n office, or related units.","EXPERIENCE":"Four (4) years of experience in the servicing and repairing, testing, \n or calibrating weighing and measuring devices.","NOTE":"Thirty (30) semester hours from an accredited college\n in the fields of Engineering, Physics, Electronics, or Mathematics may\n be substituted for one (1) year of the indicated experience.\n\nApplicants must have successfully completed the \n Weights & Measures training program conducted by the State \n Office of Weights & Measures, Department of Law & Public Safety.","LICENSE":"Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in \n New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee \n mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.","KNOWLEDGE_AND_ABILITIES":"Knowledge of the New Jersey laws and the regulations, standards, \n policies, procedures, and specifications concerning weights and \n measure devices.\n\n Knowledge of calibration procedures recognized by the National\n Institute of Standards and Technology including the mathematical \n and statistical processes required to determine the actual value \n of standards verified and of the tables and charts provided by the\n Institute for that purpose.\n\n Knowledge of the design, construction, use, care, adjustment,\n testing and inspection of weighing and measuring devices, including\n scales, meters, equipment, tanks, and compartments, and accessory\n systems.\n\n Knowledge of quantity control methods which are used in the various \n industries in an effort to comply with weights and measures packaging \n requirements.\n\n Knowledge of the univeral product code system or similar systems.\n\n Knowledge of effective supervisory principles and techniques.\n\n Ability to comprehend, analyze, and interpret basic laws,\n regulations, policies, and standards applicable to weights and measures\n testing and inspections.\n\n Ability to collect information and compile evidence.\n\n Ability to prepare clear, technically sound, accurate and\n informative reports and correspondence containing findings, conclusions\n and recommendations.\n\n Ability to act as a witness under oath in hearings and court\n proceedings.\n\n Ability to maintain essential records and files.\n\n Ability to work harmoniously with users of weighing devices\n and other concerned persons.\n\n Ability to explain laws, rules, procedures, and policies to\n users of weighing devices and other concerned and interested persons.\n\n Ability to take a firm and correct stand when controversies\n arise.\n\n Ability to supervise subordinate personnel.\n\n Ability to train personnel in weights and measures procedures\n and techniques.\n\n Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or\n manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or\n related units.\n\n Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in\n English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American\n Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of\n communication.\n\n Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as\n long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after\n reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the\n accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue\n hardship, such persons may not be eligible."},"searchable_text":"DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES DEFINITION: Under direction, assists in supervising weights and measures personnel; inspects and tests weighing and measuring devices and commodities in commerce for compliance with state law, regulations, and standards; does related work as required. DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS Positions in this class (1) assist in directing all activities in the enforcement of weights and measures laws and regulations, and (2) assist in monitoring the progress of the organization toward stated goals and objectives periodically making appropriate adjustments. Positions in this class are those in which the responsibility for managing the entire organization is shared between the superintendent and the deputy, who aides the superintendent in all phases of the organization's work. In the absence of the superintendent, the deputy assumes all of his duties, responsibilities, and authority. Typically, the deputy superintendent assists the superintendent in planning, supervising; and directing all weights and measures activities. The deputy operates within broad policies and budget, material, and manpower limitations established by management. The decisions and committments made by the deputy carry the same \"weight\" and have the same authority as those made by the superintendent. The Deputy Superintendent assists in planning the distribution of work to subordinate workers on a day-to-day or a project-by-project basis. EXAMPLES OF WORK: Assists in formulating and approving operating practices and plans and assigns work to the staff. Receives complaints concerning violations of weights and measures laws. Examines reports of field inspections; assists in determing what corrective action should be taken in serious cases. Assists in filing papers for prosecutions of weights and measures violations. Assists in prosecuting cases in court when necessary, obtaining assistance of prosecutor's office in more difficult cases. Keeps abreast of all changes in weights and measures laws and the type of weighing and measuring devices condemned by the state; assists in keeping subordinates advised of this information. Explains and interprets laws and regulations governing weights and measures to users of measuring devices and to other people concerned. Gives talks to interested groups. Receives and answers communications. Assists in supervising the testing of weighing and measuring devices against established standards. Assists in preparing annual budget. Conducts field inspections. Assists in supervising the establishment and maintenance of suitable records and files. Assists in conducting investigations of weights and measures methods, procedures, and alleged violations of statutes; prepares reports thereon including reweighing and remeasuring commodities in package form. Performs or assists in the supervision of calibrations conducted in the laboratory and laboratory field work of a group of weights and measures inspectors for the purpose of verification and certification of both official and primary industrial standards of weights and measures. Assists in planning and supervising the field work of a group of weights and measures inspectors engaged in operating volumetric, pharmaceutical or other specialized testing equipment, making inspections and tests on volumetric measuring devices, apothecaries weights and measures, and laboratory weighing and measuring devices and personally engages in such operations. Assists in supervising the testing of automatic electronic systems such as the universal product code or similar systems and electronic measuring systems; works in conjunction with both intrastate, and interstate billing systems, wholesale and retail. Assists in supervising the prototype analysis of weights and measures and counting devices as to type, construction, and operation. Assists in the training of weights and measures personnel in the use of weighing, measuring, and counting devices. Assists in the more complex field, investigative, and enforcement work. Assists in supervising the implementation out of licensing laws covering fuels, fuel dealers, weighs, equipment dealers, mechanics, lumber dealers, and soil amendment dealers. Performs and/or assists in the supervision of explanation and interpretation of laws and regulations pertaining to weights and measures activities as required. Performs and/or supervises the reweighing, remeasuring or recounting of special types of containers requiring techniques that cannot readily be employed by field personnel. Supervises or assists in the examination of specialized and automated packaging machines; advises in the development and maintenance of quality control systems. Assists in supervising the preparation of investigation and other reports of weights and measures activities. Assists in compiling evidence of violations and appears in court as an expert or technical witness in the prosecution of violators and as an expert witness in the verification of devices used by law enforcement agencies. Maintains records and files. Drafts official correspondence as required. May be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units. REQUIREMENTS: EXPERIENCE: Four (4) years of experience in the servicing and repairing, testing, or calibrating weighing and measuring devices. NOTE: Thirty (30) semester hours from an accredited college in the fields of Engineering, Physics, Electronics, or Mathematics may be substituted for one (1) year of the indicated experience. NOTE: Applicants must have successfully completed the Weights & Measures training program conducted by the State Office of Weights & Measures, Department of Law & Public Safety. LICENSE: Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position. KNOWLEDGES AND ABILITIES Knowledge of the New Jersey laws and the regulations, standards, policies, procedures, and specifications concerning weights and measure devices. Knowledge of calibration procedures recognized by the National Institute of Standards and Technology including the mathematical and statistical processes required to determine the actual value of standards verified and of the tables and charts provided by the Institute for that purpose. Knowledge of the design, construction, use, care, adjustment, testing and inspection of weighing and measuring devices, including scales, meters, equipment, tanks, and compartments, and accessory systems. Knowledge of quantity control methods which are used in the various industries in an effort to comply with weights and measures packaging requirements. Knowledge of the univeral product code system or similar systems. Knowledge of effective supervisory principles and techniques. Ability to comprehend, analyze, and interpret basic laws, regulations, policies, and standards applicable to weights and measures testing and inspections. Ability to collect information and compile evidence. Ability to prepare clear, technically sound, accurate and informative reports and correspondence containing findings, conclusions and recommendations. Ability to act as a witness under oath in hearings and court proceedings. Ability to maintain essential records and files. Ability to work harmoniously with users of weighing devices and other concerned persons. Ability to explain laws, rules, procedures, and policies to users of weighing devices and other concerned and interested persons. Ability to take a firm and correct stand when controversies arise. Ability to supervise subordinate personnel. Ability to train personnel in weights and measures procedures and techniques. Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units. Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication. Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible. This job specification is applicable to the following title code: Job Spec Code Variant State, Local or Common Class of Service Work Week State Class Code Local Class Code Salary Range Note 01498 L C N/A 18 - This job specification is for local government use only. Salary range is only applicable to state government. Local salaries are established by individual local jurisdictions. 12/04/2010","snippet":"DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES DEFINITION: Under direction, assists in supervising weights and measures personnel; inspects and tests weighing and measuring devices and commodities in c...","salary_meta":null,"education_level":null,"experience_years":4,"has_license_requirement":true,"license_types":["driver"],"pension_system":"PERS","revision_date":"2010-12-04","erg_prefix":null,"erg_schedule":"A-P-R-S","range_number":null,"erg_name":null,"erg_union":null,"familyId":null,"familyName":null,"level":null,"specialization":null,"prefix":null,"isSupervisory":false}