Corrections Food Service Instructor pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 81510
- Class code
- 81510
- Pay scale group
- CO 35
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- H1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Corrections Food Service Instructor is $49,010 to $98,728 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 81510.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. 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 04/17/2019.
What the state says the job is
This is lead work in the instruction and performance of routine and specialized tasks in a correctional facility food service operation. An employee in this job is responsible for assigning, participating in, and instructing inmates involved in large-scale food preparation, production, serving, and sanitation. Work includes leading and providing on-the-job food service training to assigned inmates performing a variety of food service activities including specialized tasks in the preparation and cooking of meals; ensuring conformance to established food sanitation and safety standards; maintaining safe working conditions; and enforcing security and custody regulations in the assigned work area. Work also includes requisitioning, receiving, and storing food and supplies and preparing and maintaining work records and inmate reports.
Examples of the work
• Functions as a lead worker in a designated area and may be reassigned to other comparable areas in a manner consistent with organizational and operational requirements. • Provides care, custody, and control of inmates during on-the-job instruction and work assignments. • Operates food service equipment, such as ovens, broilers, fryers, mixers, meat patty machines, slicers, grinders, scales, dividers, proof boxes, and wrappers. • Inspects food service area and equipment for conformance with established sanitation and safety standards. • Ensures that equipment is properly maintained and prepares work orders for maintenance and repairs.
Minimum qualifications
• Two years of experience in food preparation, production, or service of a variety of complete meal menus in an institutional food service operation, food catering service, restaurant, or in a similar large-scale food production operation; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current CO schedule.