Job Description

Overview

A general laborer, fabricator, and installer is needed for a sign shop and event company in the LA area. The role involves fabricating and installing banners and backdrops for events while working with a small team in a friendly, family-owned business.

Responsibilities

  • Learn how to fabricate banners and backdrops for events.
  • Install banners and backdrops at events.
  • Help make banners, media walls, and signs.
  • Clean and organize materials and tools for production.
  • Load and unload trucks.

Requirements

  • Must be able to work well with tools.
  • Must be in good physical condition and able to carry large equipment.
  • Must be able to work fast and efficiently.
  • Must work well with a team for large events.
  • Must have own car to get to the location in Sunland.
  • Must have a good driving record.
  • Must speak English.
  • A plus if able to drive commercial vehicles for installs.

How this job compares in Sunland, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $16/hr, this posting comes in about 45% below the $28/hr median for welder fabricator jobs across California, where the middle half runs $25–$36/hr across 56 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Sunland, CA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Sunland, CA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across California as a whole we're tracking 433 other active welding openings from 200 employers. Browse welding jobs across California.

Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA currently has 15 other openings live in California, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (28), Honeywell Aerospace (17), and Aerotek (17). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Long Beach at $43/hr, El Segundo at $43/hr, and Torrance at $43/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Wanted: General laborer / fabricator / installer in a sign shop figures were last recalculated when this page was built.