INSTITUTIONAL TRADE INSTRUCTOR 1 FARM OPERATIONS
Farm Operations
Career Family: INSTITUTIONAL TRADE INSTRUCTOR
Institutional Trade Instructor 1 Farm Operations is a state title in New Jersey's competitive civil service, which means the way in is an open exam rather than a direct appointment.
The main requirement is 2 years of relevant experience. Pay on the FY 2027 schedule runs $55,079 to $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 Farm Operations 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 the direction of the Farm Supervisor in the Department of Corrections, assists in the institution dairy and farm operations; has responsibility for completion of farm/dairy work; does related work as required.
Examples of work
- Participates in the use and maintenance of dairy plant and farm equipment including pasteurization, cooling, and packaging; equipment including tractors, planters, harvesters, tandem axle tracks, balers, hand tools and bench equipment.
- Trains inmates and/or employees and participates in the selection of feed, the weighing and mixing of dairy rations, and the feeding of livestock.
- Trains inmates and/or employees and participates in the planting, transplanting and harvesting of farm products.
- Trains inmates and/or employees in planting, fertilizing and cultivating grain crops utilized in the dairy operation and in the formulation of dairy and beef herd feeding rations.
- Takes measures required for the safety, custody and welfare of inmates assigned to institution farm/dairy.
- Operates, handles and maintains farm and dairy equipment, materials and supplies, and sees that these are obtained, stored, safeguarded, recorded and properly used.
- Operates farm machinery, equipment and vehicles utilized in production and delivery of farm products.
- Assists in the assurance of the safety of inmates by instructing them in safe practices and by taking the lead in accident prevention measures and programs and in the elimination of hazards; 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
Two (2) years of experience as a dairy worker or farmer.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Knowledge of the operation and maintenance of dairy and farm equipment and hand and bench tools.
- Ability to provide vocational training to inmates.
- Ability to take approved measures required to insure the health, custody, welfare, and training of assigned inmates.
- Ability to prepare statistical inmate progress 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 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.
Appointee will be required to possess a valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL) and applicable endorsements for the class and type of vehicle being operated only if it is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.