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Job Description

Overview

The Carpenter position is a full performance level role within the Department of Veterans Affairs at the VAMC Sepulveda VA Medical Center, focusing on various carpentry tasks and projects.

Responsibilities

  • Measures, cuts, constructs, installs, repairs, and modifies building components such as rafters, walls, staircases, and windows.
  • Plans and completes projects involving constructing, altering, repairing, and modifying framework and trim.
  • Operates and uses a wide variety of specialty woodworking machines and tools.
  • Plans, measures, and lays out carpentry materials using advanced shop mathematics.
  • Interprets complex instructions, sketches, blueprints, and building codes.

Requirements

  • Must show evidence of training or experience in carpentry.
  • Experience can include paid and unpaid work, including volunteer experience.
  • Ability to perform duties with minimal supervision.
  • Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds and may need assistance for heavier items.

Additional Information

  • Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 3:00 - 11:30 p.m.
  • Physical requirements include moderate to arduous physical effort.
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Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Los Angeles, CA currently run a median of $43/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $36–$58/hr across 65 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Los Angeles, CA

We're tracking 99 other active welding openings in Los Angeles, CA right now, from 58 different employers. 47 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 594 other active welding openings from 271 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Los Angeles, or widen the search to California.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (37), Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA (17), and Honeywell Aerospace (16). 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 Pasadena at $51/hr, Santa Ana at $48/hr, and El Segundo at $48/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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