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Cemetery Caretaker Technician

Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$22.41/hr - $26.14/hr

The Fayetteville National Cemetery is seeking a Cemetery Caretaker Technician to perform manual and physical tasks related to cemetery maintenance. Responsibilities include operating equipment, digging graves, and performing administrative functions related to interment processes.

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No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

The Cemetery Caretaker Technician 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

In addition, the Cemetery Caretaker Technician performs administrative functions, to include greeting visitors, responding to requests and answering questions, and preparing paperwork related to the interment process

The incumbent must also perform Cemetery Representative functions which include meeting with next-of-kin and overseeing committal services and entering data to generate interment records

Work schedule: May be required to work Monday through Friday to include occasional weekends. Due to the mission of the National Cemetery, the cemetery cannot be closed for more than 2 consecutive days at any given time

Additionally, when a Federal holiday falls on a Monday or Friday, staff may be required to work on that holiday or a Saturday

All staff is required to work Memorial Day each year

Staff will be required to work overtime, weekends and holidays when necessary to meet the needs of the cemetery

Occasionally staff may be called back to the facility to perform emergency overtime work

Qualification

LandscapingGroundskeepingUse of hand toolsUse of power toolsAdministrative tasksData processingOral communication

Required

You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job

Subject to a background/suitability investigation

Designated and/or random drug testing may be required

Pass a pre-employment medical examination

Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959

A complete application package; including Resume, Transcripts, etc. is required

Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Must possess and maintain a valid state driver's license

Candidates must demonstrate the potential to perform the duties involved in landscaping, groundskeeping, or related trades, including the use of hand tools, power tools, and the safe operation of machinery and equipment used in cemetery caretaking practices

Candidates must demonstrate the potential to perform administrative tasks in an office environment, such as gathering data, coordinating meetings, establishing and maintaining filing systems, using automated data processing tools to generate reports, and effectively managing priorities to meet deadlines

Experience: A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position

Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire

Ability to do the job without more than normal supervision

JOB ELEMENTS: Those who meet the minimum level of experience and training for the screen-out element will then be evaluated in each of the following job elements: Without more than normal supervision, Technical Practices, Ability to interpret instructions, specifications, and directives, Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment, Computer Skills, Oral Communication, Writing

Physical Requirements: This position requires heavy physical effort with reaching, bending, turning, and moving hands, arms, feet and legs to operate the different sets of controls while operating the equipment and attachments

Incumbent must be able to walk on hilly, flat, or rolling terrain

This position requires the employee to lift weights up to 50 lbs

Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process