Cemetery Caretaker
About The Position
This position is located at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Cemetery Caretaker performs jobs requiring mainly manual skills and physical strength. Performs a variety of tasks, such as operating small tractors and riding lawn mowers; transplanting shrubs; digging graves to the proper level; cutting and removing sod, tamping and leveling dirt using hand and power tools; digging and squaring graves using pneumatic equipment, picks and shovels; assisting in lifting and placing caskets on lowering devices; loading and unloading materials; aligning headstones; cleaning and clearing cemetery grounds of debris using power trimmers, chainsaws, axes, shovels, rakes, blowers, vacuums etc.; weeding, mulching, and applying fertilizer; pruning shrubs and low level dead branches; removing snow and ice; cleaning headstones using sprayer and hand brush; and cleaning service and administrative areas.
Responsibilities
- Operating small tractors and riding lawn mowers
- Transplanting shrubs
- Digging graves to the proper level
- Cutting and removing sod
- Tamping and leveling dirt using hand and power tools
- Digging and squaring graves using pneumatic equipment, picks and shovels
- Assisting in lifting and placing caskets on lowering devices
- Loading and unloading materials
- Aligning headstones
- Cleaning and clearing cemetery grounds of debris using power trimmers, chainsaws, axes, shovels, rakes, blowers, vacuums etc.
- Weeding, mulching, and applying fertilizer
- Pruning shrubs and low level dead branches
- Removing snow and ice
- Cleaning headstones using sprayer and hand brush
- Cleaning service and administrative areas
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Industry
Administration of Human Resource Programs
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
