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Louisiana Department of State Civil Service CARPENTER MASTER in Jackson, Louisiana
CARPENTER MASTER
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CARPENTER MASTER
Salary
$3,649.00 - $6,566.00 Monthly
Location
Jackson, LA
Job Type
Classified
Job Number
ELMHS2.11.25CM
Department
LDH-Office of Behavioral Health
Opening Date
02/12/2025
Closing Date
2/18/2025 11:59 PM Central
Description
Benefits
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Supplemental Information
This vacancy is located in the Maintenance Department at Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System, Jackson, LA. ELMHS is the largest 24-hour, multi-site, state psychiatric complex, comprised or residential, outpatient and inpatient services.
*This posting may be used to fill vacancies in other divisions or units at Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System within 90 days of closing.
The position may be filled as either a Probational or Job Appointment (open to all qualified applicants); a promotion (open to all statewide classified and Agency wide permanent status employees); by Detail to Special Duty; or as a part-time, temporary WAE. Current permanent status, classified employees may be required to accept a Probational appointed if selected. If filled as a Job Appointment, there is a possibility that this position may be converted to a Probational Appointment should funding become available.
Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of work experience. An application may be considered incomplete if the work experience and education sections are not completed. Please list all work experience.
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
For further information regarding this vacancy, please contact:
Brian Haines
LDH- ELMHS Human Resources
Jackson, LA 70748
225-634-0559
brian.haines@la.gov
Minimum Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
One year of the required experience for the following minimum qualifications must have been on-the-job experience:
Three years of experience or training in the carpentry trade.
Job Concepts
Function of Work:
To perform complex and detailed carpentry work related to buildings, structures, furniture, cabinets and other wooden items that require a high degree of precision and/or perform leadworker duties for a crew of less than three subordinates.
Level of Work:
Advanced.
Supervision Received:
Broad review from a Carpenter Foreman or other higher level maintenance personnel.
Supervision Exercised:
May serve as leadworker over assigned craftsmen as the need occurs.
Location of Work:
May be used by all state agencies.
Job Distinctions:
Differs from Carpenter by responsibility for overseeing the work of subordinate craftsmen and performing the most complex carpentry duties.
Differs from Carpenter Foreman by lack of direct supervisory responsibility over assigned trades personnel.
Examples of Work
Repairs all types of furniture and wooden items.
Builds high quality bookcases, tables, lockers, cabinets, museum cases and fixtures.
Sands, finishes, refinishes, varnishes and stains furniture and other finished articles of wood.
Measures and precisely cuts a variety of artificial mate rails such as plastic, particle-board, formica, etc.
Canes and upholsters furniture.
Makes knives to produce special moldings and operates a planer, shaper, jointer, work lathe, drill press, mortising, boring, tenoning machines, jig saws, rip saws and cut-off saws.
Installs and fits fine trim work around lights, electrical fixtures, doors, windows and other outlets.
Estimates time and material for carpentry projects.
Inspects and approves work of contractual employee's.
Lays out, surveys and constructs all manner of detailed carpentry projects from shop drawings or blueprints.
Installs and repairs locks.
Finishes high grade carpentry projects.
Mortises doors and other construction related detailed work.
Lays out and installs floor tile including resilient tile.
Estimates supplies needed for completion of specified projects.
Provides guidance for subordinate Carpenters and trades personnel as needed.
Keeps records as required by supervisory personnel.
Oversees apprentice training.
Performs other duties as needed to insure the smooth flow of work within the job unit.
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.
As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:
Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/
Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx
Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
New Year's Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
Mardi Gras,
Good Friday,
Memorial Day,
Independence Day,
Labor Day,
Veteran's Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
* Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):
Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system
Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others
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Have you ever been on probation or sentenced to jail/prison as a result of a felony conviction or guilty plea to a felony charge?
Yes
No
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If 'YES', give the law enforcement authority (city police, sheriff, FBI, etc), the offense, place and disposition of case. If 'NO', enter N/A.
03
Do you possess three years of experience in the carpentry trade?
Yes
No
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Employer
State of Louisiana
Address
For agency contact information, please refer to
the supplemental information above.
Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802
Phone
(866) 783-5462
Website
http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm
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