Forest Nursery Assistant Manager pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 54411
- Class code
- 54411
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Forest Nursery Assistant Manager is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 54411.
- 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 10/01/1990.
What the state says the job is
An employee in this class compiles and analyzes data involving nursery operations and develops and presents recommendations involving work plans, work schedules, work priorities, and nursery operations operating policies and procedures. Work involves determining and recommending the seed beds to be cultivated, the species and amounts of seedlings to be planted in the seed beds, the method of planting to be utilized, the equipment to be utilized, and the employees to be utilized to plant seedlings. Work also involves inspecting the seedlings during the growing season and developing and recommending the weeding schedule to be followed; the irrigation schedule; the type and frequency of pesticide to be applied; and plans to control rodents, pest and disease.
Examples of the work
Compiles and analyzes data involving nursery operations and develops and presents recommendations and plans to assist a Forest Nursery Manager in managing the activities of a forest tree nursery. Develops and recommends work plans, work schedules, work priorities, and nursery operations, goals and objectives; coordinates the implementation of approved activities; and prepares reports on the effectiveness of the activities. Develops and recommends nursery operations, policies and procedures; ensures approved policies and procedures are followed by nursery personnel; and interprets operating policies and procedures for nursery personnel.
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's Degree in Forest Management which included nine (3 credit) forestry courses with a minimum of three (3 credit) courses in the following areas: dendrology, silviculture/forest ecology, biometrics, or forest management; or An Associate's Degree in Forest technology which included nine (3 credit) forestry courses with a minimum of three (3 credit) courses in the following areas: dendrology, silviculture/forest ecology, biometrics, or forest management; and two years of forestry experience which included the application of forest principles to the operation of a forest tract under the direction of a professional Forester and following the directions and prescriptions developed by a ...
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.