Cemetery Grounds Crew - Temporary

Catholic Funeral and Cemetery Services of the Diocese of Sacramento•Sacramento, CA

16d•$22 - $24

About The Position

The Cemetery Grounds Crew maintains cemetery grounds and prepares graves, grave areas including and not limited to grave excavation; burial functions (opening/closing for interments, entombments, inurnments, disinterment); lawn sodding, seeding, fertilizing; monument and marker setting; manual and mechanical earth moving and lawn care equipment operation; cemetery cleanup.

Requirements

Reports to the Cemetery Grounds Working Foreman
Operate hand-held tools and equipment including but not limited to a shovel, pick, rake, sledgehammer, lawn mower, weed trimmer, leaf blower, chain saw and pump
Operate mechanical equipment including and not limited to a dump truck, tractor, utility vehicle, marker trailer, dump trailer, jack hammer, tamper, and backhoe
Use accurately measuring devices (i.e. tape measure, yard stick, etc.)
Communicate effectively with fellow workers, contractor personnel and client families
Lift heavy objects up to 30 lbs.
Minimum six months' experience operating standard cemetery equipment
Acceptable driving record and applicable license(s) to operate equipment /vehicles
High School degree or equivalent

Responsibilities

Perform opening & closing for burials, entombments, and inurnments
Set, installs, and assemble foundations, memorials, and markers
Install outer burial containers
Handle and complete Client Family work orders that pertain to individual grave and marker maintenance
Respond to and complete service request work orders
Perform interment verification procedures
Prepares the 25-foot burial radius area to ensure clean and well-ordered
Fill grave, tamps, grounds vegetation
Maintain a clean and orderly work area
Pressure washes vehicles and equipment as requested
Perform other ground duties as assigned by Management
Follow all Company safety rules
Bring safety concerns to the direct supervisor
Maintain and protect Company assets by performing regular preventive maintenance including machines, equipment, and facilities