Painter

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.

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: 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. Positions in this job classification may be subject to

additional furlough days.

Job Duties/Responsibilities Please note that the duties for this position will be performed on-site and

in-person.

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.

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.

All employees must be fully COVID-19 vaccinated and must be able to

provide verification of their vaccination status as part of the hiring and

onboarding process prior to an official offer of employment to any District

site; this includes current employees who are being promoted to a new

job class.

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.

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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.