Tree Maintenance Worker Family
Career series with 3 positions across 3 levels
Tree Maintenance Worker is a career-ladder family in New Jersey civil service, with 3 titles spanning 3 levels.
Entry is typically through Tree Maintenance Worker 1, advancing through the ladder toward Tree Maintenance Worker 3.
Tree Maintenance Worker commonly advances into Food Service Worker (10 - and Construction and Maintenance Technician.
Positions in This Family
- TREE MAINTENANCE WORKER 2 (03631)
- TREE MAINTENANCE WORKER 1 (04220)
- TREE MAINTENANCE WORKER 3 (06483)
What the Tree Maintenance Worker family covers
Tree Maintenance Worker is a graded series in the New Jersey civil service classification plan, running 3 title codes across 3 levels. 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.
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.
What each title does
Each title in the family carries its own published definition. These are the opening lines of each one, which is usually where the difference between two neighboring rungs is actually stated.
- Tree Maintenance Worker 2: Under direction, performs skilled tree maintenance work such as pruning, feeding, bracing, repairing, spraying, fertilizing, removing and transplanting trees…
- Tree Maintenance Worker 1: Under direction, performs semi-skilled and manual work to assist in pruning, feeding, bracing, repairing, spraying, fertilizing, removing and transplanting…
- Tree Maintenance Worker 3: Under direction, performs skilled tree maintenance work such as pruning, feeding, bracing, repairing, spraying, fertilizing, removing and transplanting trees…
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. Stated experience runs from 1 year at the lowest rung to 2 at the highest, which is the main thing separating one level from the next.
On how the jobs are filled: 2 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination and 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
These are local titles, so the hiring employers are New Jersey's counties, municipalities, authorities, library boards, school districts and fire districts that have adopted civil service under Title 11A. Not every New Jersey employer has. A town that never adopted the system hires however it chooses and never posts against these codes at all, which is why checking the employer before checking the title saves time. Look up whether an employer is a civil service jurisdiction, or read how local civil service differs from state.
Related titles elsewhere in the plan
These titles sit elsewhere in the classification plan but share vocabulary with Tree Maintenance Worker, which usually means overlapping duties or a related eligible list.
- Tree Maintenance Supervisor (local jurisdiction)
- Maintenance Supervisor Grounds / Tree Maintenance Superrvisor
- Maintenance Worker 2 ($38,641 to $55,448, state jurisdiction) — in the Maintenance Worker family
- Income Maintenance Worker (local jurisdiction)
- Maintenance Worker/Driver ($40,322 to $57,949, state jurisdiction)
- Maintenance Worker I, Pip ($40,322 to $57,949, state jurisdiction)
Common questions about Tree Maintenance Worker jobs
How many Tree Maintenance Worker titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Tree Maintenance Worker family holds 3 title codes arranged across 3 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does a Tree Maintenance Worker 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.
Do you need to take an exam to become a Tree Maintenance Worker?
Yes for most of the family. 2 of the 3 titles are in the competitive division, which means appointment comes from an eligible list built by an open competitive or promotional examination.
What qualifications does a Tree Maintenance Worker 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 to 2 years is named where a requirement is stated.