INTERMITTENT GREENHOUSE WORKER

Code: 30552 State Competitive Range: O10 (FY 2027)

Salary: $40,321.62 - $57,948.52/year FY 2027 schedule (last updated 2026-07-27)

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 of supervisory staff, performs work involved in growing various types of plants in and about a greenhouse; does other related duties as required.

Examples of work

• Screens, sterilizes, and mixes composite soil and places it in flats.
• Seeds flats with flower/vegetable seeds.
• When seedlings are large enough, takes them out of the flats and pots them in flats and/or pots placed in cold frames.
• Plants stock plants in the fields.
• Propagates flowers for cutting, forces bulbs, pots and transplants plants, and grows bedding plants for use on the institution grounds.
• Mows laws.
• Trims shrubs.
• Tends flower beds, weeding grass areas and flower beds.
• May drive trucks, cars, and other mechanized equipment for plowing snow in winter and for hauling work around the garden.
• Trims, transplants, and sprays trees.
• Sees that proper temperatures are maintained in the greenhouse.
• Fires greenhouse boilers.
• May assign and instruct patients, inmates, students, and/or employees engaged in greenhouse and related work.
• Prepares reports.
• Maintains records.
• In the NJ Department of Human Services, may be required to undergo fire training classes.
• 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

One (1) year of experience in growing plants under greenhouse conditions.

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 preparation of soil to be used in growing plants.
• Knowledge of tools/equipment used in growing greenhouse plants
• Knowledge of flowers/plants useful for cutting and decorative purposes.
• Knowledge of various fertilizers/manures and their uses, advantages, and limitations.
• Knowledge of methods and equipment used in mowing laws, trimming shrubs, tending flower beds, and keeping grounds in a neat/orderly condition.
• Knowledge of problems which arise in planting, cultivating, weeding, and harvesting flowers/vegetables.
• Ability to understand, remember, and carry out oral/written directions.
• Ability to organize work, analyze greenhouse problems, and develop effective work methods.
• Ability to trim, transplant, and spray trees.
• Ability to prepare soil for growing of plants.
• Ability to grow various kinds of plants including flowers to be used for cutting purposes
• Ability to make effective use of equipment/materials used in growing greenhouse plants, and to make proper use of fertilizers/sprays.
• Ability to force bulbs and pot/transplant seedlings and plants.
• Ability to fire boilers and maintain proper temperatures within the greenhouse.
• Ability to assign and/or instruct work of inmates, patients, students, and employees.
• Ability to prepare reports.
• Ability to maintain records.
• 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.
• <b>SPECIAL NOTE</b>
• The intermittent designation shall be utilized only where the work responsibilities are characterized by unpredictable work schedules that do not meet normal criteria of regular, year- round full-time or part-time assignments. Such category is not to displace or be used in place of regular full-time or part-time employees.
• Assignment of Work
• Assignment of work hours to intermittent employees shall be based on managerial needs and shall be limited to work that is appropriate to the class title.
• Furlough and Recall
• Whenever it is necessary to furlough intermittent employees, furloughing will be done in the inverse order of seniority based on official records at the end of the last pay period. A furlough means that an intermittent employee cannot be scheduled for work within the next week. Reasonable advance written notice of furlough action shall be given to the employee. A furlough will not be considered a layoff and will not require the issuance of the forty-five (45) day notices. The seniority organization unit for purposes of furlough selection will be employees currently working in a designated work unit, prior to use by the appointing authority, designated work units must be submitted to and approved by the NJ Department of Personnel. Seniority shall be determined by the number of regular hours worked by the intermittent employee. Recall from furlough will be made in seniority order from the most senior to the least senior employee from among furloughed employees who are assigned within a designated work unit that may be the local office and/or satellite office. In cases of equal seniority, the tie will be broken by determining the number of hours the employees were in pay status under special service during the last two (2) years immediately preceding their conversion to an intermittent title. Recall of employees may be extended on a regional or statewide basis if the recall list for the work unit has been exhausted.
• When the recall procedure is extended beyond the work unit, or when the recall is for less than four hours of work, the termination actions listed below will not apply when the intermittent employees cannot be contacted or refuses an offer of recall. However, when an offer of recall is accepted to a work unit other than the one from which the employee was furloughed, the new work unit will become the employee's seniority organization unit for future furlough and recall actions.
• Recall actions shall be initiated during the first two (2) hours or the last two (2) hours of the workday. If the department is unable to contact the employee during these times, the next employee on the recall list will be called until a sufficient number has been secured. If a department is unable to contact an employee on two (2) consecutive occasions, the employee shall be notified in writing of the specific dates and times the contacts were made. Employees will be given five (5) calendar days from date of receipt to advise of their current availability for future scheduling. Failure to respond as directed shall be considered a resignation. If on the next occasion the same employee is unavailable, this also shall be considered a resignation.
• Intermittent employees who are contacted and refuse an offer of recall for reasons other than verified illness, disability, or approved leave may be resigned.
• CODES: 09/O10 - MCK 04/02/05

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.