Cemetery Caretaker (Part-Time)
Cemetery Caretaker (Part-Time)
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Job Description
Title: Cemetery Caretaker (Part-Time)
State Role Title: Trades Technician IV
Hiring Range: $22.00
Pay Band: Wage (Part-Time)
Agency: Dept of Veterans Services
Location:Suffolk Cemetery
Agency Website:
Recruitment Type: General Public - G
Job Duties
Serve Virginias veterans and their family members by ensuring they receive the benefits support quality care and recognition they have earned through service and sacrifice. This position is a working position responsible for locating grave/cremation sites within a specific garden section utilizing maps pins and applicable measuring devices then opening and closing each site. This individual must be capable operating backhoes tractors dump trucks vault cart and other cemetery heavy equipment as applicable for that location. Must neatly maintain as directed by the Cemetery Caretaker Manager or Cemetery Superintendent all grounds areas bush and mulch beds gravesites buildings inside and outside areas and familiar with placing temporary/permanent grave markers. Performs additional duties as assigned by the Cemeteries Superintendent and or Cemetery Caretaker Manager in matters concerning the veterans cemetery.
Minimum Qualifications
Must be familiar with all cemetery grounds maintenance procedures and practices; to include all operations including section maps pins and gravesite numbering system for laying out each site. Must be aware of preventative maintenance in relationship to the cemeteries light and heavy equipment including the operation of power hand tools plastering plumbing and roof repairs and carpentry. Ability to lift/maneuver a 220-pound grave marker with the help of one additional person.
Additional Considerations
Any combination of education and job experience that leads to the knowledge skills and abilities listed above. High School education/GED or Cemetery experience of six months. The position requires a Valid Virginia drivers license.
Special Instructions
You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or rsum is submitted successfully. Please refer to Your Application in your account to check the status of your application for this position.
Contact Information
Name: DVS HR Team
Phone: No Calls
Email:
In support of the Commonwealths commitment to inclusion we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS) or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation if applicable to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at .
Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1 2022- February 29 2024 can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.
Employment Type
Hourly
