Waterways Conservation Officer Trainee pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 60001
- Class code
- 60001
- Pay scale group
- ST 04
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- K6
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Waterways Conservation Officer Trainee is $45,888 to $45,888 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 60001.
- 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 02/05/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is entrance-level conservation training work to develop the knowledge and skills necessary for work as a Waterways Conservation Officer in the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC). An employee in this job is enrolled in a formal twelve-month training program at facilities throughout the state. The in-residence, classroom, and on-the-job training covers agency orientation, law enforcement, fisheries science, fishing and boating laws and regulations, public outreach, watercraft safety, stream improvement, and the water environment. The training program consists of developing skills in criminal law interpretation and application, legal procedures, field operations, related natural sciences, physical fitness, self-defense, firearms and handgun use, public speaking, first aid, report writing, and maintenance and operation of patrol vehicle and boats.
Examples of the work
• Participates in formal classroom, in-residence, and field training to learn the principles and practices of waterways conservation, fisheries, and watercraft safety. • Receives formal instruction on agency orientation, fish and boat law interpretation and application, legal procedures, fisheries management, water pollution investigation, and related subjects including water environment and natural sciences, physical fitness, self-defense, firearms and handgun use, public outreach, first aid, report writing, patrol vehicle and boat care use, the assignment and review of work of volunteer deputies, and common investigative aids.
Special requirements
• All positions require possession of an active PA non-commercial Class C driver’s license or equivalent. • All employees must be at least 21 years of age.
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.