Water Meter Inspector / Meter Worker Family
Career series with 1 positions across 1 levels
Water Meter Inspector / Meter Worker 1 Water Meter Inspector is a competitive local-government title, the kind you test for: the exam result, not a hiring manager's pick, decides where you land in line.
What it takes is 1 year of relevant experience.
Water Meter Inspector / Meter Worker is a single-title classification family: Water Meter Inspector / Meter Worker 1 Water Meter Inspector is the only position in it. Water Meter Inspector / Meter Worker commonly advances into Food Service Worker (10 - and Laboratory Service Worker.
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Positions in This Family
What the Water Meter Inspector / Meter Worker family covers
In New Jersey's classification plan, Water Meter Inspector / Meter Worker 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.
Inspectors and examiners are the operating arm of New Jersey's regulatory statutes, and the title usually tracks the law it enforces rather than a profession. That is why these families are narrow and numerous: weights and measures, construction code, environmental compliance, child care, insurance and market conduct each get their own series. Many require a state credential issued by another agency before you can hold the title at all, so the license, not the exam, is the real bottleneck. Local health and code enforcement offices hire the same titles as the state.
Two jobs in one title
Water Meter Inspector / Meter Worker is a consolidated title: one position carrying the duties of Water Meter Inspector and Meter Worker 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, Meter Worker is its own family of 2 title codes across 2 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.
- Water Meter Inspector / Meter Worker 1 Water Meter Inspector: Under direction, performs varied tasks involved in the inspection of varied types of water meters; does other related duties…
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.
On how the jobs are filled: 1 is competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional 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 Water Meter Inspector / Meter Worker. Worth checking if this family has no current opening.
- Water Meter Inspector (local jurisdiction)
- Water Meter Inspector/Water Meter Repairer Water Meter Inspector (local jurisdiction)
- Meter Worker 2/Water Meter Repairer (local jurisdiction)
- Meter Worker 1/Water Meter Repairer Meter Worker 1 (local jurisdiction) — in the Meter Worker 1/Water Meter Repairer Meter Worker family
- Meter Worker Supervisor/Supervisor Water Meter Reader (local jurisdiction)
- Water Meter Reader (local jurisdiction)
Common questions about Water Meter Inspector / Meter Worker jobs
How many separate Water Meter Inspector / Meter Worker classifications does New Jersey have?
The Water Meter Inspector / Meter Worker family holds 1 title code. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
How much is a Water Meter Inspector / Meter Worker 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 Water Meter Inspector / Meter Worker?
Yes for most of the family. 1 of the 1 title are in the competitive division, which means appointment comes from an eligible list built by an open competitive or promotional examination.
What are the requirements to become a Water Meter Inspector / Meter Worker?
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.