Forensic Security Employee Trainee pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 30100
- Class code
- 30100
- Pay scale group
- CO 34
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- H1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Forensic Security Employee Trainee is $46,610 to $49,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 30100.
- 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 07/01/1995.
What the state says the job is
This is beginning level non-professional nursing work of a training nature in a specialized occupational field providing care to the intellectually disabled patients at institutions with forensic units or at Farview. An employee in this class participates in formal and on-the-job training courses to acquire the basic knowledges and develop skills, abilities and attitudes necessary to perform non-professional routine nursing and attendant duties in caring for individuals with mental health conditions who may have been placed through the criminal justice system for diagnosis and intensive treatment on the basis of the least restrictive alternative, as mandated by mental health commitment laws. The type of patient involved requires the applications of special precautions to prevent injury to employees and patients and to prevent escape.
Examples of the work
Participates in in-service training program concerned with developing knowledges, skills, and abilities required for adequate care of patients with mental health conditions who may have been placed through the criminal justice system for diagnosis and intensive treatment on the basis of the least restrictive alternative, as mandated by mental health commitment laws. Learns basic skills, techniques, and attitudes necessary for acceptable performance at the next higher level in the care and custody of individuals with mental health conditions placed through the criminal justice system. Assists higher level personnel in carrying out some of their duties.
Minimum qualifications
Completion of the tenth school grade; or Any 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.