Senior Cemetary Caretaker Family
Career series with 1 positions
Senior Cemetary Caretaker (all Jurisdictions) is non-competitive, meaning the state checks your education and experience against the spec instead of ranking you on a test.
The one gate is 1 year of relevant experience.
Senior Cemetary Caretaker is a single-title classification family: Senior Cemetary Caretaker (all Jurisdictions) is the only position in it.
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Positions in This Family
What the Senior Cemetary Caretaker family covers
In New Jersey's classification plan, Senior Cemetary Caretaker 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.
Skilled and semi-skilled labor is the part of the classification plan that never moved to a degree. Qualification rests on demonstrated ability, and for a great many of these titles the operative credential is a valid New Jersey driver's license of the right class rather than a diploma. The work is also the most physically specific in the plan, which is why the specifications read as lists of tasks and equipment instead of the general responsibility language used elsewhere. Because public works, water and sewer utilities, parks and school plants each run their own yards, near-identical jobs end up as separate title codes in separate places.
What each title does
The published specification opens with this definition of the work.
- Senior Cemetary Caretaker (all Jurisdictions): Under direction of a supervisor in a cemetery, takes the lead in the care and maintenance operations of the cemetery; performs the…
What it takes to qualify
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.
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
These titles sit elsewhere in the classification plan but share vocabulary with Senior Cemetary Caretaker, which usually means overlapping duties or a related eligible list.
- Senior Cemetary Caretaker ($50,990 to $73,902, state jurisdiction)
- Animal Caretaker ($42,084 to $60,577, state jurisdiction)
- Caretaker, Environmental Protection ($40,322 to $57,949, state jurisdiction)
- All Jurisdictions Cemetery Caretaker (both state and local jurisdiction)
Common questions about Senior Cemetary Caretaker jobs
How many separate Senior Cemetary Caretaker classifications does New Jersey have?
The Senior Cemetary Caretaker family holds 1 title code. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
How much is a Senior Cemetary Caretaker 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 Senior Cemetary Caretaker?
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 Senior Cemetary Caretaker?
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.