Correctional Food Service Officer III pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32001077
- Class code
- 32001077
- Pay group
- NC07
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Correctional Food Service Officer III is $37,377 to $65,408 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32001077.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The OSHR class specification for this class is published by North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR). The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 06/2018.
What the state says the job is
Employees in the class are responsible for the supervision of inmates performing large-scale food production and food service operations at close custody prison facilities. Inmates at this custody level have the highest percentage of security threat groups/gangs, and are typically the most dangerous, violent, and least compliant inmates that pose the most severe public safety threat. Work is a dual role of both supervising inmates and providing food production training. Employees supervise inmates in their assigned food preparation and food service work areas. Employees oversee inmate workers engaged in a variety of activities in food production including cooking, baking, and serving food to the inmate population. Employees train inmates in institutional cooking, baking, and serving, while maintaining sanitation standards in all areas of the kitchen.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Working knowledge of basic criminal attitudes and behavior patterns of persons in custody and factors underlying criminal behavior. Thorough knowledge of the methods, materials, and equipment used in large-scale food production and food service activities and thorough knowledge of the cooking times and temperatures of various foods to ensure compliance with numerous regulations. Thorough knowledge of food sanitation principals and methods to maintain standards in an institutional kitchen. Thorough knowledge of the dietary requirements for a variety of therapeutic and religious diets and thorough knowledge of the methods and materials used in baking and cooking activities in an institutional ...
Minimum qualifications
High school or General Educational Development (GED) diploma and three years of experience in institutional food preparation and food services, in management of a commercial food service operations, or as a Correctional Officer; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. For Trainee Appointment: High school or General Educational Development (GED) diploma and one year of experience in institutional food preparation and food services, in management of a commercial food service operations, as a Correctional Officer; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Special requirements
Must be eligible for certification by the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education & Training Standards Commission. <h2
Quoted from the OSHR class specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) publishes this figure in OSHR salary schedules, joined to Class Specifications. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
Job titles and their salary grades come from the Class Specifications, joined to the salary schedule.