SUPERVISING DRAFTING TECHNICIAN
Supervising Drafting Technician sits in the competitive class of New Jersey's local-government civil service, so reaching it runs through testing and an eligible list instead of a straight hire.
It asks for 3 years of relevant experience.
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Supervising Drafting Technician is a local service title. It is filled by the counties, municipalities, authorities and other employers that have adopted civil service under Title 11A, not by State departments. Those employers set pay by ordinance or contract rather than from a State salary schedule, which is why most local titles carry no salary range here.
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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. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.
Definition
Under direction, supervises and works with a group of drafting technicians who are engaged in performing drafting work involving the preparation of drawings, maps, charts, graphs, sketches, and plans; does other related work.
Examples of work
- Assigns drafting of detail drawings to subordinate personnel and verifies accuracy and completeness of finished drawings.
- Supervises and coordinates the work involved in the preparation of maps, plans, charts, and diagrams.
- Supervises the varied drafting work in illustrating site plans.
- Supervises varied drafting and related work involved in putting into visual form various planning data.
- Checks the more difficult mathematical calculations.
- Assigns tasks, guides, instructs, and participates in and is responsible for the work of a large staff of drafting technicians.
- Maintains, classifies, indexes, and cross references relevant records and files.
- Prepares clear, complete, and accurate working plans and detail drawings from rough or detailed sketches or notes.
- Makes final sketch of proposed drawing, checking dimension of parts, materials to be used, relation of one part to another, and relation of various parts to whole structure or project.
- Makes any adjustments or changes necessary or desired, draws charts for representation of statistical data, draws finished designs from sketches.
- Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
Experience
Three (3) years of drafting experience.
License
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in NJ only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Knowledge of the drafting techniques and instruments used in preparing detailed sketches, drawings, charts, and plans.
- Knowledge of the procedures for reducing, enlarging, tracing, lettering, and filing of maps, drawings, charts, sketches, graphs, and plans.
- Knowledge of the symbols and terminology used in drafting work.
- Ability to analyze complex drafting problems.
- Ability to prepare engineering and/or architectural drawings that are neat, accurate, and logically arranged, utilizing the methods and techniques of drafting.
- Ability to make mathematical computations using standard tables and formulas.
- Ability to provide work assignments, instructions, advice, and guidance to subordinate employees, review and evaluate their work performance.
- Ability to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
- Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
- Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
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Note
The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.