CEMETERY CARETAKER I - CITY OF PLANT CITY Job at Ad-Vance Talent Solutions, Plant City, FL

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  • Ad-Vance Talent Solutions
  • Plant City, FL

Job Description

CEMETERY CARETAKER I

PAY RATE: $17.20/HR

Plant City, FL

Cemetery Experience Preferred

Schedule Monday-Friday 7am-4pm

 

Position Summary:

Semi-skilled and manual work in maintaining cemetery grounds and monuments, as well as preparing grave sites for interments.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The following duties are illustrative and not exhaustive. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.

  • Performs routine grounds and road right-of-way clearing and maintenance: cuts grass with power mowers, including push-type, zero-turn, or tractor mowers; uses string trimmer, edger, hedge trimmer, blower; cleans and maintains grounds maintenance equipment; cuts, hoes and sprays weeds; trims and prunes shrubbery and small trees; rakes leaves and other debris; edges curbs; lays sod or seed as required; loads trash and trimmings onto a trailer or truck; sweeps or blows sidewalks and monuments; cleans restrooms and floors; conducts litter removal; inspects and repairs irrigation systems; prepares areas for public use.
  • Performs routine grave preparation for interments assists with locates and layouts; excavates grave by specified size using pick, shovel, and/or backhoe; positions lowering device on grave; erects canopy; lays carpet and arranges folding chairs to prepare for funeral services.
  • Performs routine grave activities after the funeral service assists with lowering the container into the vault, removal of the lowering device, backfills the grave, tamps and smooths the grave site soil, arranges any flowers; leaving the site clean and professional looking.
  • Performs routine cemetery monument maintenance: spraying and cleaning monuments; resetting or repairing monuments as required.
  • Applies insecticides, herbicides, and fertilizers as required.
  • Informs and assists public in the use of facilities.
  • For declared disasters, position is considered “essential’; works with City crews during preparation and recovery operations (road clearing, debris removal from rights of way and city properties, inspection of facilities, etc.).

 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Knowledge of grounds maintenance techniques, practices, and principles.
  • Knowledge of tools and equipment to do related work.
  • Ability to perform heavy manual labor under varying weather conditions.
  • Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
  • Skill in the operation and preventative maintenance of equipment and related tools.
  • Positive customer service skills. 
  • Ability to work well with others or work independently, task oriented.
  • Self-starter, shows initiative, able to follow instructions.

 

Education and Experience:

  • High school graduation or possession of an acceptable equivalency diploma.
  • Grounds maintenance and cemetery operations experience preferred. 

Certificates and Licenses:

  • Possession of a Florida driver’s license and be insurable by the City’s current insurance carrier.

 

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Job Tags

Full time, Monday to Friday,

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