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Workforce Development Boards requesting a waiver should adhere to the following guidelines:

• Only Workforce Development Boards may request local and regional waivers.
• Waivers must demonstrate sufficient local or regional demand for an occupation that does not appear on the Labor Demand Occupations List. This can be demonstrated by either of the two methods below:
  • Letters from at least two employers attesting to the number of people they have hired in the past year in that occupation and to their projected need in the years ahead.
  • Local or regional labor market information indicating a stronger demand for the occupation than the statewide data suggest. The New Jersey Department of Labor's Office of Research and Information is happy to assist with providing this information. Please contact Paul Tattory, Director of Economic and Demographic Research, or Lesley Hirsch, Assistant Commissioner of the Office of Research and Information.
• Mail or email complete local or regional waiver requests to Center for Occupational Employment Information, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, PO Box 057, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0057.

Determinations to local and regional waiver requests will be made by the Center for Occupational Employment Information within 30 days of receipt. No ITAs should be distributed for training programs that prepare individuals for occupations not on the Labor Demand Occupations List until formal approval is received.

Local and regional waivers have been approved for the following Workforce Development Boards through June 30, 2022.

Atlantic

• HVAC technician (SOC 49-9021)
• Computer User Support Specialists (SOC 15-1151)
• Graphic Designers (SOC 27-1024)
• Psychiatric Technicians (SOC 29-2053)
• Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks (SOC 43-4081)
• Construction Laborers (SOC 47-2061)
• Painters, Construction and Maintenance (SOC 47-2141)
• Maintenance and Repair Workers, General (SOC 49-9071)
• Gambling Dealers (SOC 39-3011)
• Painters, Construction and Maintenance (SOC 47-2141)

Bergen County

• Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers (SOC 49-9021) 

Burlington

• Machinists (SOC 51-4041)

Cape May

• Carpenters (SOC 47-2031)

Cumberland

• Carpenters (SOC 47-2031)

Essex

• Professional Pilot (SOC 49-0102)

Middlesex

• Construction and Building Inspectors (SOC 47-4011)

Monmouth

• Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers (SOC 49-9021)
• Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors (SOC 21-1011)
• Medical Secretary and Administrative Assistant (SOC 43-6013)

Ocean County

• Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers (SOC 49-9021)
• Automotive Service Technicians or Mechanics (SOC Code 49-3023)
• Billing and Posting Clerks (SOC 43-3021)
• Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors (SOC 21-1011)
• Medical Secretary and Administrative Assistant (SOC 43-6013)

Salem

• Carpenters (SOC 47-2031)