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Painter Master
- Louisiana Department of State Civil Service (New Orleans, LA)
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Painter Master
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Painter Master
Salary
$3,649.00 - $6,566.00 Monthly
Location
New Orleans, LA
Job Type
Classified
Job Number
CRT-2026-216393-PW
Department
Culture Rec & Tourism-State Museum
Opening Date
01/13/2026
Closing Date
1/27/2026 11:59 PM Central
+ Description
+ Benefits
About this Job
This is a full-time position located at the State Museum in New Orleans, LA.
The Painter Master will work at the Journeyman level, provide assistance to a Maintenance Foreman and provide guidance and support for painters and helpers in the painting and maintenance of facilities, buildings, and equipment at Museum buildings in the French Quarter, New Orleans.
The Louisiana State Museum’s collections and educational programs stimulate awareness and appreciation of our state’s rich and diverse history and culture.
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 painting trade.
Job Specification
The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere.
Job Duties and Other Information
Job Duties:
The Painter Master is to perform standard tasks of the trade in addition to duties as assigned for work locations.
+ Cleans and prepares surfaces to be painted in all Museum buildings to include the Lower Pontalba residential apartments by scrapping, sanding, brushing, and dusting. Performs other related incidental duties to walls and floors for proper preparation to all surfaces to be painted.
+ Determines method of application and applies paint with brush, rollers, and spray guns to exterior and interior of buildings, exhibit casework and props, and other related surfaces in all of the museum buildings.
+ Mixes, things, and matches paint to professional Museum exhibit specifications.
+ Provides guidance and serves as job leader for journeyman painters; directs and trains assigned helpers and apprentices; makes preliminary painting project estimates; sets work priorities to meet key performance goals as scheduled by the office of State Museum.
+ Hangs, tapes, floats, and repairs sheetrock.
+ Mixes and matches plaster and cement.
+ Installs and repairs lathe.
+ Plasters newly constructed walls and ceilings on metal and wood lathe, tile, and brick; applies necessary number of coats and finishes plaster to match existing finish.
+ Patches old plaster, removes loose plaster, cuts out cracks, and applies new plaster.
+ Performs incidental related cement repair jobs.
+ Performs preventative maintenance to the Lower Pontalba residential apartments.
+ Performs other related work as assigned.
Position-Specific Details:
Appointment Type: This position is being filled as aprobational appointment. Current permanent status employees may be required to accept a probational appointment.
Work Schedule: This is a full-time position that reports in-office. This position may be required to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and/or overtime. This position may be required to travel.
Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.
How To Apply:
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.
* Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). 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.
Contact Information:
For further information about this vacancy contact:
Pacee Wallace
Department of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism
1051 N. 3rd Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Phone: 225-342-8202
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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