Mechanical Trades Occupations Teacher - Correction Education (Commercial Arts/Printing/Photography) pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 2405C
- Class code
- 2405C
- Pay scale group
- ED 01
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- E4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Mechanical Trades Occupations Teacher - Correction Education (Commercial Arts/Printing/Photography) is $72,215 to $114,706 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 2405C.
- 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 02/05/1999.
What the state says the job is
This is professional education work in providing vocational instruction in a mechanical trade occupation area to inmates at a state correctional institution. An employee in this class is responsible for developing and adapting curriculum, course outlines, lesson plans, and instructional methodology in teaching vocational education courses in a specialized mechanical trade occupational area for inmates at a state correctional facility. Work involves separating known trade or vocational skills into teaching units to provide organized individual and group instruction to inmates involving both theory and practical job skills training. Duties include diagnosing and evaluating inmate potential, achievement, and progress by administering standardized and teacher constructed tests and grading inmate progress in both theory and occupational competency.
Examples of the work
Prepares instructional objectives that will achieve the goals of the Planned Educational Program. Writes individualized lesson plans and course outlines for teaching one of a variety of vocational education subjects. Adapts the vocational education curriculum materials to meet the individualized needs of incarcerated adults. Teaches processes, methods, and practices to students through lectures, demonstrations, and class discussions. Teaches safety precautions common to the particular vocational subject taught. Conducts related training classes. Trains and supervises inmate assistants for a tutorial environment.
Minimum qualifications
Education equivalent to high school graduation and two years wage earning experience beyond the completed apprenticeship period in the specified parenthetical; or If there is no approved apprenticeship period for the specified parenthetical, education equivalent to high school graduation and three years of wage earning experience in the specified parenthetical.
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 ED schedule.