SUPERVISOR OF ELECTRONICS REPAIR
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
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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.
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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