Target Range Technician, DMVA pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 97835
- Class code
- 97835
- Pay scale group
- ST 05
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- J1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Target Range Technician, DMVA is $46,827 to $70,592 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 97835.
- 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 03/24/2021.
What the state says the job is
This is technical work in the construction, configuration, repair, maintenance, and testing of target ranges at the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs’ (DMVA) Fort Indiantown Gap (FIG) installation. An employee in this job installs, initializes, configures, diagnoses, and repairs remote electronic target systems and their components. Work involves constructing, modifying, and updating targets and target ranges; writing computerized scripts to initialize and operate ranges and troubleshoot range-specific problems; installing, repairing, and calibrating range system electronics, electro-mechanical components, and sensors; installing, repairing, and replacing range electrical systems; locating, troubleshooting, and repairing underground range telecommunications, data, and electrical cabling; and initializing setup and training users on range target systems for live-fire exercises.
Examples of the work
• Constructs and modifies target ranges to meet training needs, including excavation and ballistic concrete work; electrical system installation and upgrades; computer and electronics installation, setup, and calibration; target lifter and target movement device installation; and target construction and placement. • Utilizes various computer software packages to write initialization files and scripts to execute remote electronic target system range scenarios that meet specific training requirements. • Initializes ranges and demonstrates the software and equipment to users. • Executes scripts with users to ensure correct sequencing of targets, proper target response, and scoring accuracy.
Minimum qualifications
• Four years of trades work experience, which includes two years performing skilled work on electrical or electronic systems or equipment in a commercial or industrial environment; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training, which includes two years performing skilled work on electrical or electronic systems or equipment in a commercial or industrial environment.
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.