Cemetery Groundskeeper
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Entry-level role maintaining the grounds provided at a cemetery or funeral home location(s). Performs all groundskeeping and maintenance matters on the properties and maintains the overall appearance of a cemetery, mausoleum or funeral home location. Incumbent gains an understanding of how a cemetery operates.
Job Responsibilities
- Mows grass, plows snow, waters lawns, fertilizes and trims shrubs, tends flower beds and regularly inspects assigned work areas to ensure proper standards are maintained
- Operates lawn and grounds equipment including push and power mowers, snow blowers, weed eaters, leaf blowers and other related power equipment
- Removes debris and trash from grounds. May include turning down vases and removing wilted flowers
- Participates on teams for openings and closings for interments, entombments and inurnments
- Assists in determining the location and layout of individual graves with assistance, complying with verification procedures
- May perform minor repairs to the cemetery, building systems or equipment
- May perform some of the duties associated with cremations such as maintaining inventory and complying with federal and state cremation regulations under supervision
- May assist in moving and installing burial vaults
- Must follow safety rules and ensure compliance with the operating procedures of corporate, federal, state and local regulations, including OSHA regulations and Safety and Environmental guidelines
- This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the essential functions or duties related to this job
Minimum Requirements
Education
High school diploma or equivalent requiredCertification / License
Experience
Minimum (6) months relevant experience in landscaping, general construction, warehouse, physical labor demonstrating steady employmentFuneral industry experience preferredKnowledge, Skills and Abilities
Ability to operate hand-held tools and equipment, including, but not limited to a shovel, pick, rake, sledgehammer, lawn mower, weed trimmer and leaf blowerAbility to accurately use measuring devices (i.e. tape measure, yard-stick, etc.)Ability to work in extreme weather conditionsPhysically agile and dexterousAbility to operate equipment in a safe and careful mannerAbility to effectively work with others to accomplish tasksAbility to communicate effectively with associates, contractor personnel and client familiesBasic computer skills to enable retrieving and responding to email communicationsWork Environment
Work outdoors during all seasons and weather conditionsComply with Field dress code policyWork Postures
Frequent, continuous periods of time standing, up 6 hours per dayClimbing stairs to access buildings frequentlyPhysical Demands
Lifting, pushing, pulling up to 50 poundsWork Hours
Working beyond "standard" hours as the need arisesSchedule may fluctuate, if a need arises, to an earlier or a later shift