Equipment Operator / Laborer Family
Career series with 1 positions across 1 levels
Equipment Operator / Laborer 3 is a New Jersey state civil service title.
Candidates need 1 year of relevant experience and a commercial driver's license.
Equipment Operator / Laborer is a single-title classification family: Equipment Operator / Laborer 3 is the only position in it. Equipment Operator / Laborer commonly advances into Printing Machine Operator and Resource Recovery Utilities Operator.
Positions in This Family
- EQUIPMENT OPERATOR / LABORER 3 (06847)
What the Equipment Operator / Laborer family covers
Equipment Operator / Laborer is a single-title family in the New Jersey civil service classification plan: one title code, with no numbered rungs above or below it.
Trades and maintenance titles are the most heavily local group in the whole classification plan. Public works yards, water and sewer utilities, parks departments and school district plants hire them, so the family often exists only with local codes and never appears on state payroll at all. Qualification usually rests on demonstrated skill and a driving credential rather than a degree, and several of these series are the ones New Jersey opens to applicants without any formal education requirement. At the state level the equivalent posts are represented by IFPTE rather than CWA.
Two jobs in one title
Equipment Operator / Laborer is a consolidated title: one position carrying the duties of Equipment Operator and Laborer at once, held by a single employee expected to do both. Small New Jersey employers use these when one function will not fill a whole position, so the Commission classifies the combined job rather than forcing it into one box or the other.
Separately, Laborer is its own family of 4 title codes across 3 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.
- Equipment Operator / Laborer 3: Under direction, operates one or more types of gasoline or diesel powered equipment to perform assignments to push, pull, pile, lift, and…
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 1 year wherever they are stated.
Every title here carries a license or certification requirement, so the credential matters more than the exam score.
Related titles elsewhere in the plan
Other classifications built on the same terms as Equipment Operator / Laborer. Worth checking if this family has no current opening.
- Equipment Operator (local jurisdiction)
- Equipment Operator ($43,934 to $63,341, state jurisdiction)
- Heavy Equipment Operator ($52,308 to $75,954, state jurisdiction)
- Heavy Equipment Operator ($52,308 to $75,954, state jurisdiction)
- Equipment Operator/Mechanic (local jurisdiction)
- Equipment Operator, Highway ($43,934 to $63,341, state jurisdiction)
Common questions about Equipment Operator / Laborer jobs
How many Equipment Operator / Laborer titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Equipment Operator / Laborer family holds 1 title code. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does an Equipment Operator / Laborer earn in New Jersey?
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.
What qualifications does an Equipment Operator / Laborer need?
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 1 year is named where a requirement is stated. 1 of the titles require a license or certification.