Environmental Specialist Trainee, DMVA pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 14233
- Class code
- 14233
- Pay scale group
- ST 05
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Environmental Specialist Trainee, DMVA is $46,827 to $70,592 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 14233.
- 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 05/29/2025.
What the state says the job is
This is trainee-level environmental compliance work in the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA). An employee in this job participates in a twelve-month structured trainee program to develop the knowledge and experience necessary to perform environmental compliance work to ensure department properties and activities comply with environmental laws, regulations, and policies. Work involves participating in conducting inspections, analyzing data to determine environmental impacts, and drafting reports of findings; conducting research and participating in developing recommendations for department policies, processes, plans, and proposed actions; conducting environmental surveys; and testing sites for hazardous substances. Assignments increase in complexity and are performed with greater independence as learning progresses and technical proficiency is attained.
Examples of the work
• Participates in formal and on-the-job training programs. • Participates in the inspection and monitoring of department facilities and grounds for compliance with federal, state, local, and military environmental laws, regulations, policies, and rules. • Reviews state and federal environmental programs and legislation, such as the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), and the National Guard Environmental Performance Assessment System (EPAS) and participates in the research and analysis of data to determine compliance with these programs and legislation.
Minimum qualifications
• A bachelor’s degree in the physical, biological, or environmental sciences; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training.
Special requirements
• All positions require possession of an active motor vehicle license.
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 ST schedule.