SUPERVISING CARPENTER
New Jersey treats Supervising Carpenter as a competitive-class job, so the gate is an examination and the ranked list it produces rather than a direct offer.
Eligibility comes down to 5 years of relevant experience.
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Supervising Carpenter 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 carpenters engaged in a variety of carpentry tasks; does other related duties as required.
Examples of work
- Inspects, analyzes, and assists in the determination of the carpentry work to be done.
- Develops effective work plans, gives assignments and instructions to subordinates, and supervises their work.
- Estimates amounts of materials and equipment needed for various types of carpentry construction and maintenance work and lays out the work.
- Supervises and performs work involved in repairing, installing, and/or making windows, frames, sashes, screens, doors, interior or exterior trim, flooring, siding and sheeting, stair railings, porches, roofing and repairing, manufacturing, and installing cabinets, clothes racks, wardrobe furniture, and signs, installing cribbing and forms of concrete, and in erecting scaffolds sets.
- Operates a variety of woodworking machines.
- Maintains records and files.
- Prepares reports.
- 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
Five (5) years of experience in carpentry work involving a variety of layout, construction, maintenance, and erections tasks.
License
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey 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 problems, procedures, and methods used in inspecting, analyzing, and determining carpentry work to be done.
- Knowledge of keeping records and of giving assignments and instructions.
- Ability to analyze carpentry problems.
- Ability to organize assigned work methods.
- Ability to give assignments and instructions.
- 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 the 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 the 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.
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.