INSTITUTIONAL TRADE INSTRUCTOR 2 LAUNDRY
Laundry
Career Family: INSTITUTIONAL TRADE INSTRUCTOR
To land Institutional Trade Instructor 2 Laundry in New Jersey you go through the competitive route: you sit an announced exam and the score puts you on the eligible list agencies hire from.
The one gate is 3 years of relevant experience. The FY 2027 range lands between $60,207 and $87,764.
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- Institutional Trade Instructor 1 Metal — $55,079 – $80,113
- Institutional Trade Instructor 2 Metal — $60,207 – $87,764
Its top salary lands around the 29th percentile of all NJ civil service titles that publish a range.
Rungs are ordered by FY 2027 pay. NJ level numbers are not always sequential, so ordering follows salary rather than the title number.
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 a supervisory officer, trains and oversees inmates or clients; as required assigns tasks to subordinate employees and takes the lead in work activities in the area of laundry; does other related duties as required.
Examples of work
- May plan the laundry work program and takes the lead in the carrying out of all phases of the work including provision of vocational training to clients or inmates.
- May schedule workloads for various machines and assigns employees, clients, or inmates to ensure maximum use of equipment and personnel.
- Trains assigned personnel to operate washers, extractors, washer- extractors, flat-work ironers, tumblers, presses, and other equipment.
- Teaches methods used in feeding, receiving, and folding flatwork, in making lays on presses, and in loading and unloading tumblers.
- Instructs assigned personnel in washroom techniques in accord with accepted formulae.
- Trains assigned personnel to use detergents, bleaches, and blueing to achieve sanitary results with a minimum of tensile strength loss to linens and garments.
- Makes needed adjustments and minor repairs to laundry equipment.
- May compound washing solutions and stain removal mixtures, test water for hardness, and make titration and pH tests.
- Makes arrangements for pickup and delivery of laundry on a scheduled basis to several institutions utilizing the laundry service.
- Takes measures required to ensure the custody, safety, training, and well-being of personnel assigned to the laundry.
- Prepares requisitions for laundry equipment and supplies and work orders for repairs as may be required.
- Maintains records and files of employee and client time and progress, supplies used, quantities of linen and clothing laundered, and production statistics.
- 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 general experience in a commercial or institutional laundry which shall have included the operation and maintenance of commercial type laundry equipment.
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 laundry methods and techniques required for varied types of materials during the several laundry operations.
- Knowledge of the operation, maintenance, and capacity of large- scale institution washing machines, extractors, tumblers, flatwork ironers, water softeners, hot water storage heaters, sterilizers, and related equipment.
- Knowledge of chemical ingredients used in preparing laundry solutions and mixtures and of tests to be made of water and solutions.
- Ability to organize assigned supervisory work in a large institution laundry and develop effective working methods, plans, and schedules.
- Ability to take the lead over subordinate staff.
- Ability to assign and instruct laundry employees and clients and oversee the performance of their work.
- Ability to provide vocational training in laundry operations to personnel as may be required.
- Ability to assist in devising and maintaining realistic work schedules and production rates.
- Ability to help train employees, clients, or inmates in basic commercial laundry operations including use, adjustment, and maintenance of washers, extractors, washer-extractors, flatwork ironers, tumblers, presses, and other laundry machines and equipment.
- Ability to instruct inmates or clients in basic washroom techniques including use of soap alkali, bleaches, and blueing in such a way as to avoid tensile strength loss to linens and garments, in compounding washing solutions a and stain removal mixtures, and in making titration and pH tests and tests for water hardness.
- Ability to administer schedules of laundry pickup and delivery.
- Ability to take measures required to ensure the health, custody, welfare, and training of inmates or clients assigned to the laundry.
- Ability to requisition, store, safeguard, issue, and instruct the proper use of laundry equipment, materials, and supplies.
- Ability to prepare statistical, client progress, and other reports of laundry programs and activities containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
- Ability to maintain records and files.
- 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 with or without reasonable accommodation. 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.