Trades Apprentice, Electrician, Electrician Specialist

Salary : $2,784.00 - $5,009.00 Monthly
Location : Lake Charles, LA
Job Type: Classified
Job Number: 07/155150/elect/12.6.23-sl
Department: DOTD-Engineering & Operations
Division: District 7- Lake Charles
Opening Date: 12/06/2023
Closing Date: 12/20/2023 11:59 PM Central
Supplemental Information
DISTRICT 07 - UNIT 765
POSITION NUMBER: 50670350
TRADES APPRENTICE, ELECTRICIAN, OR ELECTRICIAN SPECIALIST
As part of a Career Progression Group, vacancy may be filled from this recruitment as a Trades Apprentice, Electrician or Electrician Specialist depending on level of experience of the applicant(s). Please refer to the 'Job specifications' tab located at the top of the La Careers 'Current Job Opportunities' page of the Civil Service website for specific information on salary ranges, minimum qualifications and job concepts for each level.
Trades Apprentice's starting salary is $16.06 hourly.
Electrician's starting salary is $19.67 hourly.
Electrician Specialist's starting salary is $21.05 hourly.
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed applications. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*
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 about this vacancy contact:
Name: Eric Reed
Job Title: Facility Maint. Manager
Phone Number: 337-437-9141
"The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) is an equal employment opportunity employer and serves as a model employer for individuals with disabilities. DOTD does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, disability, age, or pregnancy, and prohibits harassment of any type."
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
No experience or training is required.
NOTE:
Trades: Cabinetmaker, Carpenter, Cement Finisher, Electrician, Instrument Technician, Insulator, Locksmith, Machinist, Mechanic, Painter, Pile driver, Plasterer, Plumber, Refrigeration and HVAC Mechanics, Rigger, Roofer, Sign Painter, Operating Engineers, Sheet Metalworker, Pipefitter/Steamfitter, Upholsterer, General Mechanical Maintenance jobs and Welder.
Job Concepts
Function of Work:
To assist a journeyman level tradesman and to learn the trade by on-the-job training or formal instruction as prescribed by the employing agency.
Level of Work:
Entry.
Supervision Received:
Close from a journeyman level tradesman or assigned instructor.
Supervision Exercised:
None.
Location of Work:
May be used by all agencies; statewide.
Job Distinctions:
Differs from other entry or basic maintenance jobs by the performance of work directly subordinate to skilled tradesmen with the goal of preparing the incumbent for journeyman level status.
Differs from the journeyman level because it does not independently perform journeyman work in any trade.
Examples of Work
Assists a journeyman level Trades Job in its assigned duties.
Performs limited skilled tasks under close direction of a journeyman in an on the job training program.
Participates in training as prescribed by an assigned journeyman or agency policy.
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through 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:
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• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
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• Good Friday,
• Memorial Day,
• Independence Day,
• Labor Day,
• Veteran's Day,
• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
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