Hand Grader

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Published Date: Mar 3, 2025

Location: US

Company: Los Angeles Unified School District

SALARY DETAILS

$40.52 - $40.52 Hourly

APPLICATION FILING DATES

Application Start Date: Monday, March 3, 2025

NOTE: The application deadline will be established once we receive a sufficient number of qualified applications to meet our hiring needs.

INFORMATION ABOUT LAUSD

We are LAUSD. We are at the forefront of innovation in public education, focused on a clear and inspiring vision of the future for all of our students as they venture forward on their journey as lifelong learners. Here, you will have the opportunity to exercise your potential in a role supporting the business of education. Our work directly contributes toward the goal of ensuring that our students graduate ready for the world – ready to thrive in college, career and life. LAUSD is the second largest school district in the nation with an enrollment of nearly 575,000 students. We serve an area totaling 710 square miles, with over 1,190 schools and educational centers, and we employ over 74,000 individuals, making us one of the largest employers in our city.

 

LAUSD Employees: Please be advised that all LAUSD employees must sign in to the GlobalProtect Virtual Private Network (VPN) in order to submit an application from an external network outside of an LAUSD location. For assistance with installing the GlobalProtect virtual network, please contact Information Technology Service at (213) 443-1300 or (213) 241-5200. 

BENEFITS

Insurance: Paid premiums for your choice of several medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans. Retirement: Membership in the California Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS). Vacation: Full-time employees earn up to two weeks of paid vacation to start. Three weeks after five years of year-round paid service. Paid Holidays: Up to 13 days. NOTE: Positions in this job classification may be offered on a 10 or 11 month basis - salary and paid time off for 10 or 11 month positions will be adjusted accordingly.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

A Hand grader performs manual tasks involved in grading, surfacing, leveling, and smoothing school grounds.

 

Some of the primary job duties performed will require that a job incumbent:

 

  • Sets screeds along flow lines and ridges and around trees preparatory to the placing of asphaltic concrete.
  • Prepares, shapes, and straightens subgrades by eye and lines in appropriate relationship to grade stakes.
  • Shovels, spreads, rakes, levels, and smooths asphaltic concrete and decomposed granite.
  • Breaks up, cuts, and drills macadam and concrete with hand and pneumatic tools.
  • Uses a shovel, rake, and hand roller to grade and level surfaces
  • Cleans up and loads debris for disposal.
  • Patches asphaltic concrete, using a butane torch and iron for sealing the surface.
  • Stores materials, tools, and equipment, and keeps tools and equipment in serviceable condition.
  • May operate a light truck and an air compressor.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

 

Education: Graduation from high school or evidence of equivalent educational proficiency.

 

Experience: One year of experience in asphalt paving and repair.

 

Special: A valid California Driver License. Use of an automobile.

 

Special Physical Requirements:

  • Ability to stand, walk, stretch, twist, bend, kneel, balance, push, and pull
  • Safely lift and carry items weighing up to 100 pounds
  • Stamina to perform heavy manual labor

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

 The ideal candidate for this position will possess the knowledge of:   

 

  • Techniques for the grading and surfacing of grounds
  • Tools used for grading and surfacing of grounds
  • School safety regulations

 

The ideal candidate for this position will possess the ability to:

 

  • Safely and effectively use and care for tools and equipment used in grading and surfacing

EMPLOYMENT SELECTION PROCESS

The exam process will tentativlty consist of an in-person Performance Test.  Please be sure to include correspondence from @lausd.net and @successfactors.vom as an approved sender so that messages aren't accidentally placed into your spam/junk e-mail folder. 

APPLICATION PROCESS

NOTE: The application deadline will be established once we receive a sufficient number of qualified applications to meet our hiring needs.

DO YOU NEED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITH THE ON-LINE APPLICATION? Email us at helpmeapply@lausd.net To find out whether the application deadline has been extended, visit the website at: http://www.lausdjobs.org . The Los Angeles Unified School District intends that all qualified persons shall have equal opportunities for employment and promotion. Reasonable accommodations in completing an application and testing are available to individuals with disabilities. Please call (213) 241-3455 for more information.

ADDITIONAL POSTING INFORMATION

The Los Angeles Unified School District is committed to providing a working and learning environment free from discrimination, harassment, intimidation, abusive conduct, or bullying. The District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, abusive conduct or bullying based on actual or perceived race or ethnicity, gender/sex (including gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding/lactation status and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, religion, color, national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver’s license issued under Vehicle Code), ancestry, immigration status, physical or mental disability (including clinical depression and bipolar disorder, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, epilepsy, seizure disorder, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and heart disease), medical condition (cancer related and genetic characteristics), military and veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age (40 and above), genetic information, political belief or affiliation (unless union related), a person's association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance, or regulation in any program or activity it conducts or to which it provides significant assistance. For inquiries or complaints contact our Equal Opportunity Section, (213) 241-7685. Selection and promotion are based on a competitive employment assessment process. Candidates who pass all parts of the assessment process are placed on a hiring (eligibility) list based on their assessment score. Hiring departments may make job offers to candidates on the top three ranks of the hiring list. Eligibility typically lasts for 12 months. The hiring list resulting from this assessment process may be used to fill open positions in related job classifications.

 

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