Recreation and Conservation Advisor Trainee pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 55100
- Class code
- 55100
- Pay scale group
- ST 05
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Recreation and Conservation Advisor Trainee is $46,827 to $70,592 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 55100.
- 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 02/01/2020.
What the state says the job is
This is entry level structured and specialized training in professional parks, recreation, and natural resource conservation planning and administration work. An employee in this job participates in formal, informal, and on-the-job training to develop professional skills and competence needed to advise and train local governmental officials and partner organizations in recreation and conservation planning, development, and administration. Assignments are designed to develop the trainee’s ability to apply program knowledge and skills in enhancing local governmental park, recreation, and natural resource conservation programs and projects.
Examples of the work
• Participates in formal, informal, and on-the-job training to develop a working knowledge of various program rules, policies, and best practices and their application to recreation and conservation planning and development projects. • Under the direction of higher-level advisors, assists local groups in the formulation of projects and programs and helps stimulate interest in initiating recreation and conservation programs. • Collects, organizes, and analyzes data on recreational facilities and conservation best practices. • Prepares research documents and presents data in a variety of formats. • Drafts correspondence, reports, and analyses related to assigned programs and projects.
Minimum qualifications
• A bachelor’s degree in parks and recreation, landscape architecture, environmental sciences, city, regional, urban, or environmental planning, or a closely related field. 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 ST schedule.