Plumber

SALARY DETAILS

$53.56 Hourly

APPLICATION FILING DATES

Application open date: 8/19/2025
Application close date: 9/5/2025

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. 

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

A plumber performs skilled plumbing work in the installation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of District plumbing equipment, devices and fixtures. 

The core duties below will require that a job incumbent:

• Installs, replaces, maintains, and repairs plumbing systems, equipment, appliances, controls, and fixtures including water, gas, and sewer installations.
• Works from sketches, drawings, and blueprints to install, maintain, and repair equipment, devices, and fixtures such as vacuum breakers, backflow devices, gas appliance safety controls, gas piping to steam tables, plumbing fixtures, drains, sinks, sumps, circulatory pumps, water heaters, and showers.
• Installs, maintains, and repairs gas piping systems for space heating.
• Installs, maintains, and repairs automatic, semi-automatic, and manually-operated lawn-sprinkler systems.
• Installs, maintains, and repairs air and gas welding systems.
• Surveys gas safety devices and other plumbing equipment that may need repair or replacement.
• Installs, maintains, and repairs automatic fire-sprinkler systems.
• Prepares reports pertaining to the testing and maintenance of backflow devices, fire-sprinkler systems, and other plumbing equipment, devices, and fixtures.
• Prepares job sketches and material and cost estimates.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

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

NOTE: You MUST upload evidence of graduation from high school or evidence of equivalent educational proficiency (i.e.scan or take a picture of your documents) to your candidate profile, under “Other Documents.” Candidates who have completed college or university course work at an institution in a country other than the United States, must obtain a complete evaluation of foreign transcripts and degrees. The original of this degree evaluation must be presented. For more informationon Foreign Transcript Evaluation please visit https://www.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/commission-approved-foreign-transcript-evaluating-agencies.

Experience: Successful completion of a recognized plumbing apprenticeship program or five years of experience in plumbing construction, installation, alteration, or repair work, of which one year must have been at the journey-level. 

Special:

• A valid driver’s license to legally operate a motor vehicle in the State of California and use of a motor vehicle.

• A Los Angeles City Journeyman Plumber License

OR

• A Los Angeles County Certificate of Registration as a Journeyman Plumber.

Special Physical Requirements:

• Ability to stand, walk, bend, crawl, climb, reach overhead, crouch, kneel, balance, push, pull, and safely lift and carry items weighing up to 100 pounds.
• Agility to work in confined spaces of buildings, climb high ladders, and work from scaffolds.
• Normal sense of smell to detect natural gas, stagnant water odors, sewer/septic gas odors, and odors associated with methane gas. 

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

The ideal candidate will possess extensive knowledge of:

• Tools, materials, and skills of the plumbing trade
• State and local regulations pertaining to plumbing standards
• Safety practices and regulations pertaining to the plumbing trade

Further, the ideal candidate will also possess the ability to effectively:

• Make accurate measurements and computations
• Interpret and work from drawings and sketches
• Work effectively with others 

EMPLOYMENT SELECTION PROCESS

The assessment process for this classification will tentatively consist of a Written Test, Performance Test, and Technical Interview.

This is a competitive process as we anticipate a number of well qualified candidates for this recruitment. Please make sure that you describe in DETAIL, your experience, education, and training that most closely relates to this position in the online application. In your application you may include a professional resume, but it will NOT be in lieu of a detailed application. Additionally, please attach evidence of graduation from high school or evidence of equivalent educational proficiency demonstrating you meet the EDUCATION requirement (refer to the Minimum Requirements section). Please besure to include correspondence from @lausd.net and @successfactors.com as an approved sender so that messages aren't accidentally placed into your spam/junk e-mail folder. For more information about the LAUSD employment assessment process, visit the 'MyLAUSD Career' section of our website at http://www.lausdjobs.org.

If you have questions regarding the employment selection process, please contact Marlyn Sanchez at Marlyn.Sanchez@lausd.net.

APPLICATION PROCESS

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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