Welder

SALARY DETAILS

$53.04 - $53.04 Hourly

APPLICATION FILING DATES

Application Start Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Application Close Date: Friday, March 07, 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. 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 Welder performs journey-level welding, cutting, and brazing using electric, heliarc, and oxyacetylene welding equipment in the shop and field.

 

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

• Fuses metal parts together for the repair and maintenance of equipment such as steel furniture, machinery, tanks, pipe tubing, castings, and motor vehicle body fixtures requiring the use of either electric, heliarc, or oxyacetylene equipment.
• Lays out fence lines and installs metal fence posts, handrails, fence fabric, gates, and related parts.
• Fabricates metal structures such as grilles, grates, catwalks, steel stairs, playground equipment, gates, and boiler stacks from structural shapes and plates.
• Performs journey-level repairs and/or modifications to structural metal components of school buildings and structures.
• Adjusts power unit controls for correct voltage and current delivery as determined by the type of metal to be welded.
• Sets up electric, inert gas shielded arc, or oxyacetylene welding equipment for operation.
• Connects and adjusts hoses, regulators, and tips for gas welding and cutting.
• Attends respiratory protection meetings, including annual respirator fit-testing.
• May assist in preparing material lists, estimating job costs, preparing job records, and performing surveys.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

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

 

Experience: Successful completion of a recognized welding apprenticeship program or five years of welding experience in the building trades, of which one year must have been at the journey-level.

 

Certification: A City of Los Angeles Welder certification for structural steel  or a Welding certification or qualification issued for a nationally-recognized standard or code in the minimum category of limited thickness 3G or 4G, vertical-weld progression uphill.

 

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

 

Special Physical Requirement:

• Manual dexterity and strength to use tools of the trade
• Ability to stand, walk, bend, crawl, climb, reach overhead, crouch, kneel, balance, push, pull, and safely lift up to 100 pounds of equipment and material.
• Ability to do physical work under conditions involving temperature extremes
• Ability to work safely in confined spaces
• Vision sufficient to view work and weld with precision
• Normal sense of smell to detect potentially hazardous conditions, such as gas leaks
• Ability to work safely at heights, including use of ladders, scaffolding, and other related equipment.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

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

• Standard practices, materials, and processes of the welding trade
• Types and uses of electric, heliarc, and oxyacetylene welding equipment
• Heating and welding characteristics of various metals and of the fluxes and materials used in welding
• Safety regulations and practices in the use and storage of welding equipment and materials
• Microsoft Word and Outlook

 

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

• Perform welding in accordance with established weld procedure specifications
• Fabricate and weld various types of joints from all positions, using either electric, heliarc, or oxyacetylene equipment
• Set up and adjust welding equipment
• Maintain welding equipment in safe working condition
• Perform work while wearing protective equipment including respirators and protective clothing
• Operate a computer and associated peripheral equipment

EMPLOYMENT SELECTION PROCESS

This test tentively consists of a computer-based, multiple-choice exam and a performace test.   Please be sure to include correspondence from @lausd.net as an approved sender so that messages aren't accidentally placed into your spam/junk e-mail folder. [Consider including verbiage to dissuade candidates from requesting specials such as: We anticipate receiving a number of well qualified applicants for this position; therefore, there will be a competitive process. The hiring departments have requested that we proceed with the selection process in an expeditious and timely manner. To honor this request we will be adhering to a pre-planned employment assessment schedule. If you are unable to attend the scheduled assessment dates, please note that we recruit for this position on a regular basis. We encourage you to visit our website, http://www.lausdjobs.org periodically to check for the next recruitment and we encourage you to apply again. For more information about the LAUSD employment assessment process, visit the hiring process section of our website at http://www.lausdjobs.org.]

APPLICATION PROCESS

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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