Drafting Technician / Clerk Family
Career series with 1 positions across 1 levels
New Jersey classifies Drafting Technician / Clerk 3 as non-competitive, which skips the exam-and-list step and turns on whether you meet the minimum requirements.
Qualifying turns on 2 years of relevant experience.
Drafting Technician / Clerk is a single-title classification family: Drafting Technician / Clerk 3 is the only position in it. Drafting Technician / Clerk commonly advances into Clerk and Clerk Stenographer.
Positions in This Family
- DRAFTING TECHNICIAN / CLERK 3 (06563)
What the Drafting Technician / Clerk family covers
In New Jersey's classification plan, Drafting Technician / Clerk stands alone. The family holds one title code rather than a graded series. Every title in it is a local title, used by the counties, municipalities, authorities and boards that have adopted civil service under Title 11A rather than by state departments.
Engineering series in New Jersey are organized by discipline and then by responsibility, so a family usually reads assistant, then senior, then principal, then supervising. Professional Engineer licensure appears at the senior end rather than at entry, which lets the state hire graduates and license them in post. Transportation is the largest employer of these titles by a wide margin, with Environmental Protection, Treasury property management and the county engineering offices behind it. Construction inspection titles sit nearby but belong to the regulatory side.
Two jobs in one title
Drafting Technician / Clerk is a consolidated title: one position carrying the duties of Drafting Technician and Clerk at once, held by a single employee expected to do both. They exist because a borough or authority with a single crew cannot justify a separate post per function, so the combined duties get their own classification.
Separately, Clerk is its own family of 17 title codes across 4 levels. This consolidation holds 1 code, which is the usual pattern, since a consolidated title is normally created for the one jurisdiction that asked for it. Read the component specifications alongside this one, because the requirements of both halves apply.
What each title does
The published specification opens with this definition of the work.
- Drafting Technician / Clerk 3: Under direction, performs routine drafting work involved in the preparation of drawings, maps, charts, graphs, sketches, and plans; does…
Requirements across the family
None of the specifications in this family names a degree requirement, which places these titles among the New Jersey positions open to applicants without formal higher education. Experience requirements sit at 2 years wherever they are stated.
On how the jobs are filled: 1 is non-competitive, appointed on proof of the stated qualifications rather than by examination.
How the pay is set
No state salary schedule applies here, because these are local titles. Pay is set by each adopting county, municipality or authority under its own ordinance or negotiated agreement, so two employers using the same title code can pay very differently. How local civil service pay works.
Where these jobs exist
Nothing in this family is hired by a state department. These are local codes, which means the employer is a county, municipality, authority, library, fire district or school district that chose to come under Title 11A. Roughly a quarter of New Jersey's municipalities did. In the rest, the same job exists but the hiring is done outside the civil service system entirely, so the title code will never appear in a posting. Check a specific employer before you plan around one of these titles, or read how local civil service works.
Related titles elsewhere in the plan
Other classifications built on the same terms as Drafting Technician / Clerk. Worth checking if this family has no current opening.
- Drafting Technician (local jurisdiction)
- Drafting Technician ($42,866 to $61,705, state jurisdiction)
- Drafting Technician ($39,358 to $56,481, state jurisdiction)
- Senior Drafting Technician (local jurisdiction)
- Senior Drafting Technician ($50,990 to $73,902, state jurisdiction)
- Senior Drafting Technician ($46,727 to $67,528, state jurisdiction)
Common questions about Drafting Technician / Clerk jobs
How many separate Drafting Technician / Clerk classifications does New Jersey have?
The Drafting Technician / Clerk family holds 1 title code. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
How much is a Drafting Technician / Clerk paid?
No state salary schedule figure is published for the titles in this family, which is normal for local classifications. Local civil service employers set their own pay by ordinance or negotiated agreement, so the rate depends on which county, municipality or authority is hiring.
Is there a civil service test for Drafting Technician / Clerk?
Not for the non-competitive titles in this family, of which there are 1. A non-competitive appointment is made on proof that you meet the stated requirements, without a competitive examination, though the position is still in the classified service with its own protections.
What are the requirements to become a Drafting Technician / Clerk?
No degree requirement is parsed from the specifications in this family, which puts these titles among the New Jersey civil service jobs reachable without formal higher education. Experience of 2 years is named where a requirement is stated.