INSTITUTIONAL TRADE INSTRUCTOR 1, LAUNDRY
Laundry
Career Family: INSTITUTIONAL TRADE INSTRUCTOR
In New Jersey, Institutional Trade Instructor 1, Laundry is filled through the competitive process: candidates take a civil service exam and are hired off a ranked list, not picked at will.
Qualifying turns on 2 years of relevant experience. The FY 2027 range lands between $55,079 and $80,113, and state payroll currently lists about 110 people in the title, most of them at Corrections.
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Institutional Trade Instructor 1, Laundry appears on the State payroll at 3 departments, most of them at Department of Corrections.
State departments
| Employer | Employees |
|---|---|
| Department of Corrections | 107 |
| Juvenile Justice Commission | 2 |
| Department of Health | 1 |
State payroll and independent authority payroll are separate systems and are never merged. See data sources.
Pay ladder: Institutional Trade Instructor series
- Institutional Trade Instructor 1 Metal — $55,079 – $80,113
- Institutional Trade Instructor 2 Metal — $60,207 – $87,764
Its top salary lands around the 22nd 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.
Who employs this title
State payroll records show 110 people working under this title. The median actual salary is $82,133. The agencies employing the most are:
- Corrections (107)
- Juvenile Justice Commission (2)
- Health and Senior Services (1)
Counts from NJ YourMoney agency payroll. See statewide workforce analytics.
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 supervision of a supervisory officer, assists in work activities in the area of laundry; does other related duties as required.
Examples of work
- May assist in planning the laundry work program and assists in the carrying out of all phases of the work including provision of vocational training to clients.
- May assist in scheduling workloads for various machines and assigns employees and clients to ensure maximum use of equipment and personnel.
- Trains clients to operate washers, extractors, washer-extractors, flat-work ironers, tumblers, presses, and other equipment.
- Teaches clients methods used in feeding, receiving, and folding flatwork, in making lays on presses, and in loading and unloading tumblers.
- Instructs clients in washroom techniques in accord with accepted formulae.
- Trains clients 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 assist in compounding washing solutions and stain removal mixtures, tests water for hardness, and makes 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 clients 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
Two (2) 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 help develop effective working methods, plans, and schedules.
- Ability to provide vocational training in laundry operations to clients as may be required.
- Ability to assist in devising and maintaining realistic work schedules and production rates.
- Ability to help train employees and clients 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 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 and stain removal mixtures, and in making titration and pH tests and tests for water hardness.
- Ability to follow schedules of laundry pickup and delivery.
- Ability to take measures required to ensure the health, custody, welfare, and training of clients assigned to the laundry.
- Ability to requisition, store, safeguard, and issue 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.