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SUPERVISOR OF ELECTRONICS REPAIR

Code: 05457 Local Competitive

Career Family: SUPERVISOR

Supervisor of Electronics Repair 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 6 years of relevant experience.

How to apply

  • Exam

    This is an application to sit an exam and be placed on an eligible list for this title, not an application for a specific job. A $35 application fee applies to Non-Public-Safety announcements issued on or after 2026-02-01. There may be no current vacancy behind it, and the list it produces may not be certified for months or years.

  • Exam

    Open to permanent employees in the competitive division who hold a qualifying lower title in the same unit. A $35 application fee applies to Non-Public-Safety announcements issued on or after 2026-02-01. Like the open competitive exam, this places you on a list; it is not itself a job offer.

Official job specification

The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator.

Education

Completion of a vocational, technical or specialized training program in electronics, electricity, and transistor theory and principles and solid-state circuitry.

Experience

Six (6) years of experience in work involving the maintenance and repair of electrical components, fire alarm and security alarm systems, microprocessors, and wiring systems which will have included two (2) years in a supervisory capacity.

FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING JOB CATEGORIES, please refer to the Job Specification Information Sheet available at the New Jersey Department of Personnel or your agency's personnel office.

Occupational Group: Repair of Electrical Equipment

Occupational Family: Central Repair and Adminstration

Level Title Code Title Reference Effective:

1 801 (C)

Note

The above Job Category Summary and following examples of work are for illustrative purposes only. Any one position may not include all of the tasks listed, nor do the examples cover all of the duties which may be performed.

Plans, organizes, and assigns the work of the organizational unit and evaluates employee performance and conduct, enabling the effective recommendation of the hiring, firing, promoting, and disciplining of subordinates.

Schedules maintenance or repair

Applies appropriate safety procedures

Interprets schematics

Determines that operations meet national, state or local licensing compliance requirements

Estimates necessary quantity of time, costs, materials or personnel for the accomplishment of assignments or goals

Authorizes purchase of equipment, supplies or services

Evaluates the overall operation of the program or service

Interprets blueprints or floorplans

Requisitions materials, equipment, parts or supplies

Implements programs of preventive maintenance

Troubleshoots problems with electrical components, computer board components, fire alarms systems, and security alarm systems

Operates volt or ohm meters

Troubleshoots problems with microprocessors

Troubleshoots problems with wiring systems

Operates oscilloscopes and signal generators

Tests electronic circuitry and electrical components

Repairs security alarm systems

Installs microprocessors and wiring systems

Provides technical advice to staff, peers or management

Interviews individuals for needed information

Requests information from vendors on materials, equipment, parts or supplies

Consults with outside agencies or individuals about information necessary for job assignments

Informs individuals of procedures necessary for completion of forms or applications

Adjusts equipment to manufacture's specification

Operates signal tracers

Operates voltage generator

<b>CHARACTERISTIC KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES</b>

Knowledge of procedures for operating volt or ohm meters

Knowledge of schematic symbol system

Knowledge of procedures for installing electrical components and wiring systems

Knowledge of procedures for testing electrical components, electronic circuitry, and wiring systems Knowledge of the theory and principles of electronics and electricity

Knowledge of solid-state circuitry theory and principles

Knowledge of transistor theory and principles

Knowledge of preventive maintenance procedures

Knowledge of procedures for operating microprocessors

Knowledge of procedures for installing computer board components

Knowledge of established safety procedures and guidelines

Knowledge of procedures for installing conduit systems

Knowledge of employee motivational theories such as reinforcement, incentives, satisfiers or job enrichment

Knowledge of procedures for operating dual trace oscilloscopes, signal tracers, Voltage Generators, and signal generators

Knowledge of the principles and techniques of program monitoring

Knowledge of the principles and techniques of supervision

Knowledge of methods of human resource planning

Knowledge of procedures for requisitioning materials, equipment, parts or supplies

Knowledge of procedures for operating oscilloscopes

Ability to troubleshoot problems with computer board components

Ability to read various meters, gauges or dials

Ability to apply laws, rules or regulations to given situations

Ability to troubleshoot problems with wiring systems

Ability to troubleshoot problems with microprocessors

Ability to establish goals and set priorities

Ability to interact with various people who are in differing situations

Ability to design schematics from raw data

Ability to schedule and organize work activities

Ability to synthesize facts to reach logical conclusions

Ability to design blueprints or floorplans from raw data

MINIMUM