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Marine Maintenance Master pay range

State of North Carolina · class code 32000825

$45,431 to $79,504 per year$45,431$79,504MINIMUM · MIDPOINT $62,468 · MAXIMUM

Published per year range, State of North Carolina

Class code
32000825
Pay group
NC11
Pay unit
Year
State
North Carolina

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

Positions in this class oversee dredging operations and ensure completion of various marine maintenance projects. Work involves the operation of a dredge used for maintaining channels and port facilities associated with ferryboat operations. Work requires the determination of depth and width of channel or port facility to be dredged; piloting tugboats, dredge and other vessels to work area; and supervision of a dredge crew in cutting channels, building sand barriers, and excavating sand for port sites. Work includes the responsibility for maintaining the dredge and auxiliary equipment and for securing such equipment during inclement weather. Positions also provide oversight of marine maintenance projects involving the inspection, repair, and installation of channel markers, dolphin clusters, fenders, ferry docks, ramps, and gantries.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Considerable knowledge of the operation and repair of diesel and gas engines, dredge pumps, power generators, and auxiliary equipment. Considerable knowledge of the methods and procedures used in dredging operations related to widening channels, making sand barriers and excavating for boat landings and harbors. Considerable knowledge of state and federal navigation laws and regulations pertaining to ferry and dredging operations. Basic knowledge of crib construction. Skill in the operation of ferries, tugboats, dredge tenders, and crane and support barges. Skill and ability to guide the installation and repair of channel markers, dolphins, fenders, gantries, ferry docks, and ramps. Ability t ...

Minimum qualifications

High School or General Educational Development (GED) diploma with two years of progressive experience in dredge operations and related marine maintenance work.

Special requirements

Valid U.S. Coast Guard Master's license for 100 ton Inland with Radar Unlimited. Master of Self-Propelled Vessels of 100 Gross Register Tons. Valid certificate as Radar Observer issued by an institution approved by the U.S.

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.

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