Carpenter Master
Louisiana Department of State Civil Service
Carpenter Master
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Carpenter Master
Salary
$3,649.00 - $6,566.00 Monthly
Location
New Orleans, LA
Job Type
Classified
Job Number
CRT-2025-211733-PW
Department
Culture Rec & Tourism-State Museum
Opening Date
08/12/2025
Closing Date
8/25/2025 11:59 PM Central
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About this Job
The Louisiana State Museum’s collections and educational programs stimulate awareness and appreciation of our state’s rich and diverse history and culture.
The Carpenter Master performs general complex carpentry work involving the construction, alteration, repair, or maintenance in historically significant Museum buildings. Performs complex and detailed carpentry work on the Museum displays to include construction of museum galleries, display cases, and exhibit areas which require a high degree of precision. Build other wood items to include furniture and cabinets for specific use.
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 Specification
The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=128740) .
Job Duties and Other Information
Job Duties:
• Will be responsible for the repair and/or installation of locks, windows, and door glass and other security-oriented devices.
• Use table saw, power saw, joiner, wood lathes, planners, drills, sanders, and other carpentry equipment and tools. Maintain same to include clean, sharpen, repairs, and other general maintenance as required.
• Fit, cut, and finishes sheetrock; installs, fits, and cut paneling, plywood, frames, blinds, shutters, and miscellaneous wallcoverings.
• Acts as lead worker to other trades involved in complex construction jobs such as museum exhibit installation.
• Performs other related work as assigned
Position-Specific Details:
Appointment Type: This is a fulltime position probational appointment; current classified permanent State employees may be required to accept a probational appointment.
Work Schedule: This position will work 40 hours a week; travel and overtime may be required.
Location: State Museum, New Orleans, LA.
How To Apply:
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana) ” link 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.
*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete. *
The Office of the Lieutenant Governor and the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism are participants in the E-Verify system for identification and employment eligibility purposes.
Louisiana as a State, is a Model Employer for People with Disabilities.
For further information about this vacancy contact:
Pacee Wallace
Department of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism
1051 N. 3rdStreet
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Phone: 225-342-8202
pwallace@crt.la.gov
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
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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