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INSTITUTIONAL TRADE INSTRUCTOR 2 FOOD PROCESSING

Food Processing

Code: 40623L State Competitive Range: H19 (FY 2027) Work week 40: FLSA coveredOvertime table (4A:3, Appx. A)

Career Family: INSTITUTIONAL TRADE INSTRUCTOR

Salary: $60,206.64 - $87,763.84/year FY 2027 schedule (last updated 2026-07-27)

Institutional Trade Instructor 2 Food Processing is a competitive state 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 3 years of relevant experience. Pay on the FY 2027 schedule runs $60,207 to $87,764.

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Pay ladder: Institutional Trade Instructor series

  1. Institutional Trade Instructor 1 Metal — $55,079 – $80,113
  2. 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 Supervising Institutional Trade Instructor or other supervisory official, coordinates, plans, trains, and assigns work involving food processing industry operations to inmates; assigns tasks to lower grade employees; does other related duties as required.

Examples of work

  • Organizes, trains, participates in, and assigns work to inmates and employees in the use and/or maintenance of food processing equipment including mixers, grinders, slicers, stuffers, breading and battering equipment, formers, cutters, and washers.
  • Trains inmates and employees in all phases of the food processing industry including use of equipment, processing, formulation, and packaging.
  • Assumes responsibility for inmate safety by instructing them in safe practices, by taking the lead in accident prevention measures and programs and in eliminating hazards, and enforces safety rules and regulations.
  • 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 experience in areas of product formulating including but not limited to processing of raw materials, and the cutting, packaging, shipping, storing, distributing and sanitizing of food products and plant equipment in a commercial or institution kitchen.

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 the operation and maintenance of food processing methods, techniques, and organization.
  • Ability to instruct and assign work to inmates assigned to the food processing industry.
  • Ability to provide vocational training to inmates.
  • Ability to take approved measures required to ensure the health, custody, welfare, and training of assigned inmates.
  • Ability to prepare statistical, inmate progress, and other reports.
  • 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 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.