Painter

SALARY DETAILS

APPLICATION FILING DATES

Application Open Date: 7/26/24

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.

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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 Painter performs skilled brush, roller, and airless sprayer painting for the maintenance and decoration of school and administrative office facilities and equipment.

Some of the core duties that job incumbents will perform, may require that he/she:
- Scrapes, sands, fills, and otherwise prepares surfaces of interior and exterior walls, woodwork, and metalwork of buildings and equipment, such as cabinets, rooms, halls, auditoriums, roofs, fences, and playground apparatus.
- Erects, rigs, and moves working scaffolds, and extension ladders.
- Mixes colors in water or vinyl-based paints and other finishes to match, blend, harmonize, and contrast in specified colors and consistencies.
- Uses hydro washers, brushes, rollers, and airless sprayers to clean and apply paints, enamels, varnishes, lacquers, or other protective or decorative materials on a wide variety of surfaces, such as wood, metal, glass, plaster, brick, stucco, cement, wallboard, and parking/playground surfaces.
- Performs related duties as assigned.

Please note that the duties for this position will be performed on-site and in-person. 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

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

Experience: Successful completion of a recognized painting apprenticeship program or five years of experience in commercial, residential or industrial painting, one year of which must have been at the journey-level.

Special: A valid California Driver License and use of an automobile.

Special Physical Requirements: 
- Ability to stand, walk, bend, crawl, reach overhead, crouch, kneel, balance, push, pull, and lift up to 80 pounds when needed.
- Ability to work safely at heights including the use of ladders, scaffolds, and other related equipment.
- Good color perception.
- Manual dexterity and strength to use tools of the trade.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

The ideal candidate for this position will possess the knowledge of:
- Brush, roller, and airless sprayer painting practices, processes, tools, and materials
- Methods of application of various primers, paints, and finishes to a variety of materials
- Methods of preparing various surfaces for painting or finishing
- Safety precautions required in the handling and storage of painting materials
- Safety regulations pertaining to erecting and working on ladders, rigging, and scaffolds
- Microsoft Word and Outlook

Further, the ideal candidate will also possess the ability to:
- Safely and effectively use the tools and machines of the trade.
- Read, interpret, and work from sketches, drawings, plans, and blueprints.
- Follow oral and written instructions.
- Work effectively with others.
- Enter and retrieve information using computers or other peripheral equipment.

EMPLOYMENT SELECTION PROCESS

The application deadline will be established once we receive sufficient qualified applications to meet our hiring needs.

The assessment process tentatively consists of a Written Test and a Performance Test. All candidates will be notified via e-mail. 
Please make sure you receive e-mail confirmation from us on receiving your application. If you do not receive an e-mail confirmation from us it means that we did not receive your application.

Also, please be sure to include correspondence from @lausd.net as an approved sender so that messages are not accidentally placed into your spam/junk e-mail folder.

For more information about the LAUSD employment assessment process, please see CAREER TOOLS on our website: http://www.lausdjobs.org

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. Follow us on: https://twitter.com/lausdjobs https://www.facebook.com/LAUSDjobs/ https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1997274 https://www.instagram.com/lausdjobs/