Corrections Refrigeration Mechanic Trade Instructor - SCI Laurel Highlands

Corrections Refrigeration Mechanic Trade Instructor

Become a Corrections Refrigeration Mechanic Trade Instructor with the Department of Corrections (DOC) and step into a role where your trade expertise drives meaningful achievement. You will guide inmates at the State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Laurel Highlands through hands-on refrigeration training that builds confidence and practical skill. This position allows you to apply your technical strengths while supporting both learning and essential facility operations.

Your leadership inspires progress, sharpens ability, and encourages steady development every day.

This position centers on teaching refrigeration mechanic skills and supervising inmates during classroom instruction and hands-on work. You oversee training activities, monitor progress, and support the completion of refrigeration work across the facility. As a Corrections Refrigeration Mechanic Trade Instructor, you will perform the following duties:

• Training Instruction: Provide classroom and on-the-job teaching that covers installation, repair, inspection, and maintenance of refrigeration systems and equipment
• Work Supervision: Direct inmate work crews, assign daily schedules, and inspect completed work for accuracy and quality
• Tool Management: Issue, track, and inventory tools and materials and conduct searches to account for all items
• Material Planning: Identify needed materials and tools for refrigeration work assignments and submit purchase requests as required
• Progress Documentation: Maintain detailed records of inmate training, attendance, work assignments, and overall progress
• Operational Support: Perform related duties that align with facility needs and assist with refrigeration work orders as required

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment, 40 hours per week
• Work hours are 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• This position is eligible for full retirement benefits at age 50 or 55.
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary: Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $53,036.00 (before taxes).
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Five years of experience in the repair and servicing of refrigeration systems or air conditioning systems; or
• Completion of an approved apprenticeship in the refrigeration or air conditioning mechanic trade; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training which includes one year of journey level work in the refrigeration or air conditioning mechanic trade.

Special Requirements:

• You must be in possession of an active Universal Refrigerant Transition and Recovery Certificate issued by an approved provider.

Other Requirements:

• Successful completion of basic training in Elizabethtown, PA is required.
• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Legal Requirements:

• You must pass a background investigation and meet Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) compliance requirements.

How to Apply:

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
• All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant's own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.

Veterans:

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and click on Veterans.

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