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Project A Mill filer sharpens, repairs, and conditions saws, knives, shears, and

cutters, and keeps related records.

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 A Mill Filer:

• Sharpens a wide variety of saws, knives, shears, and blades by filing,

grinding, honing, or dressing.

• Retensions and levels high-speed circular saw blades.

• Repairs band saws by acetylene welding or by arc welding and

annealing.

• Adjusts the set of band saws.

• Rounds the gullets of circular saws.

• Removes dents, twists, and kinks from various types of saws with a

light hammer.

• Maintains and repairs grinding and filing machinery.

• Keeps records of incoming and outgoing saws, files, knives, and

cutters, and writes shipping orders for their return to the Maintenance

Areas, shops, and schools.

• Prepares requisitions for files, grinding wheels, and other supplies.

Please Note: The duty statements listed above do not constitute the

exhaustive list of duties for this position. for a comprehensive list, please

visit our website https://www.lausd.net/lausd/offices/personnel/c

lass/class_comp/cds/cc3431.PDF (Please copy the link and paste it to a

new internet window to visit this page).

Minimum Requirements PROMOTIONAL STATUS IS REQUIRED. You must be a current or

retired employee of LAUSD with 130 paid days in regular status in the

Classified Service or permanent status in the Certificated Service or

have been laid-off within the past 39 months from a regular, permanent

LAUSD position in which you passed probation.

Laid-off employees' eligibility as a promotional candidate expires at the

end of their 39 month period; as such, laid-off employees applying for

promotional career opportunities may not be eligible to complete the

assessment process or may be removed from the employment eligibility

list once their eligibility as a promotional candidate expires.

Education:

Graduation from high school or evidence of equivalent educational

proficiency.

Experience:

Three years of experience in sharpening a wide variety of saws, knives,

shears, and blades.

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 Mill Filer will possess knowledge of the following:

• Processes involved in mill filing work including dressing, honing, and

welding

• Cutting-tool metals and processes used in hardening or tempering

• Equipment used in mill filing work including welder, saw gummer, and

grinder

In addition, the ideal Mill Filer will have the ability to:

• Safely sharpen and repair a variety of large cutting tools

• Use welding and annealing equipment

• Do simple brazing of saws and other cutting tools

• Maintain and repair hand files and machine tools

Employment Selection Process The employment assessment for Mill Filer tentatively consists of a

Performance Test.

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approved sender so that messages aren't accidentally placed into your

spam/junk e-mail folder. All correspondence related to any test (e.g.,

invitation letters, results letters) will be sent through email.

For more information about the LAUSD employment assessment

process, visit the 'My LAUSD Career' section of our website at

http://www.lausdjobs.org .

Application Process To apply, click the Apply button at the bottom left corner of this page and

log into the application management system; then, (1) click on the

education and experience tabs and complete the requested information;

(2) click on the Questionnaires tab and complete the questionnaires; and

(3) submit your application by clicking on the Submit Application button in

the last tab of the application wizard to complete the process.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Once you submit your application, you should

receive an email message confirming that you successfully submitted

your application. If you DO NOT receive this message on the same day

you apply, it is likely that you did not submit your application. For

assistance with your application Please email us at

helpmeapply@lausd.net.

DO YOU NEED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITH THE ON-LINE

APPLICATION?

Please email us at helpmeapply@lausd.net to get assistance with the

application process.

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 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.