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LOCKSMITH MASTER

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LOCKSMITH MASTER

Salary

$3,649.00 - $6,566.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

211248

Department

Southern University-Baton Rouge

Opening Date

07/29/2025

Closing Date

8/8/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

The mission of Southern University and A&M College, an Historically Black, 1890 land-grant institution, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is to provide a student-focused teaching and learning environment that creates global leadership opportunities for a diverse student population where teaching, research, service, scholarly and creative expectations for students and faculty are achieved through the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral programs offered at the institution via different instructional modalities and via public service.

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 locksmithing 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=129200) .

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

+ Reads schematics and disarms electronic or mechanic anti-intrusion devices; opens large safe locks or drill through the lock and repair as needed; consults with management as needed, requisition and stock parts (keys, locks, etc.);read blueprints. Repair and/or replace cylindrical and auxiliary locks, repair, replace or install knobs and level spindles, latches, cylinder housings, thumb turns, cams, strikes, reinforcement plates, escutcheons, and latch guards, repair or replacement of rim, concealed, and surface mounted panic and fire exit hardware.

+ Repair of parts by replacing compression springs, roll pins, actuators, dogging pins, link actuators , strikes, screws, and other hardwired as necessary.

+ Participate in the repair, replacement and adjustment of door and floor closures . Installation of door stops, push platesanddoorpulls,repairsandmakeadjustmenttoavarietyofhingesandpivots. Replaced doors, pivots, concealed vertical rods and hinges.

+ Participate in changing out of cores and drilling or picking cores to shear line that cannot be pulled and replaced, cut and duplicate keys as required. Combine core and locks as necessary; recombine, cap, and pin cores for individual door applications. Master key locks; assist with planning and preparation of master keying for new buildings as necessary.

+ Make lock parts including springs, escutcheons, link actuators, compression spring strikes, latch guards and reinforcement plates; custom fit and modify hardware to the application as necessary. Pick locks with special tools and gain access to areas as needed when appropriately requested, during an emergency lockout, or other situations where a key cannot be used.

+ Participate in the disassembling of locks, such as padlocks and replacement of worn springs, actuators, retainers and shackles, repair, install and replacement of mortise locks, gate locks, deadbolts, desk locks, drawer locks, file cabinet locks and all associated parts and hardware.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type:Probational

Compensation: The starting salary is $ 21.05/hour.

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" 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.

*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Mikhale R. Williams

Southern University and A&M College

Baton Rouge, LA 70813

Phone: 225-771-2680

Fax: 225-771-5617

Criminal background check and reference verification is required.

The Southern University System (System) is an equal employment opportunity employer and serves as a model employer for individuals with disabilities. The System does not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, disability, age, or pregnancy, and prohibits harassment of any type. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on the SUS. Please inform [email protected] if you need assistance completing this application or to otherwise participate in this application process.

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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