INSTITUTIONAL TRADE INSTRUCTOR 1 LANDSCAPING
Landscaping
Career Family: INSTITUTIONAL TRADE INSTRUCTOR
In New Jersey, Institutional Trade Instructor 1 Landscaping 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 Landscaping 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 |
Where this title is used
Institutional Trade Instructor 1 Landscaping is a common title, so it is used in both State and local service. The local side is filled by the counties, municipalities, authorities and other employers that have adopted civil service under Title 11A, which set their own pay by ordinance or contract rather than from a State salary schedule.
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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 the direction of the landscape supervisor or other designated supervisor, in a correctional facility or institution, provides vocational training in grounds maintenance and landscaping to inmates, patients or clients and assists in work programs; does other related duties.
Examples of work
- Plans or assists in planning the work of the landscaping work program and activities.
- Instructs inmates, patients, or clients in the use and maintenance of lawn mowers, tractors, spraying devices, chemical applicants, and other grounds maintenance tools and equipment.
- Instructs inmates, patients or clients in the identification and maintenance of lawns, flowers, trees, and ornamental shrubbery.
- Trains inmates and/or patients or clients in greenhouse operations and in the use of greenhouse related tools.
- May drive motor trucks and/or vans to transport inmates, patients or clients.
- Enforces the use of applicable safety devices and methods (respirators, lawn mower safety equipment, eye shields, gloves, etc.)
- Oversees the care, custody, security, and safety of inmates, patients or clients in accordance with institutional policy.
- Instructs inmates, patients or clients to properly use and maintain equipment.
- Maintains records of inmate and/or patients progress, and of equipment supplies, and production.
- 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
Two years of experience as a grounds worker or landscaper.
License
Appointee 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 the essential duties of the position.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Knowledge of grounds maintenance and landscaping methods, practices and techniques.
- Knowledge of the safety precautions to be taken in grounds maintenance and landscaping.
- Ability to plan or assist in the planning of landscape work programs and activities.
- Ability to provide vocational instruction in landscape trades.
- Ability to oversee the care, custody, security and safety of inmates, patients or clients.
- Ability to prepare reports.
- Ability to maintain essential records and files.
- Ability to learn 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, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may be also 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.