Cemetery Operative

Essential Employment; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Essential Employment is seeking a Cemetery Operative for a full-time temporary contract based at Kings Norton Cemetery in Birmingham. The role involves grave excavation, backfilling and site preparation, as well as grounds maintenance and crematoria duties.

You will be part of a small team delivering a high quality service to the bereaved and agencies, with responsibilities including gate security and driving between sites when required.

Qualifications

• Requirements include ability to drive and work as part of a team.
• Experience or ability to perform cemetery grounds maintenance tasks.

Responsibilities

• Location, preparation, and excavation of graves for a set day and time.
• Backfilling of graves and tidying of immediate area.
• Grounds maintenance tasks and crematoria duties as required.
• Unlocking/locking cemetery gates and reporting security issues.
• Must be able to drive.

Job description

Cemetery Operative needed in Birmingham, £13.45ph PAYE – Reference:476932

Based atKings Norton Cemetery

Required to work at any of the city’s cemeteries or crematoria; to work as part of a team to provide a high quality service to the bereaved and associated agencies. To excavate, backfill and prepare graves for interment and to perform other associated duties as required to include grounds maintenance tasks and crematoria attendant duties.

Duties & Responsibilities

• a) Location, preparation, shoring and excavation of graves for a set day and time. Preparation of excavated graves for interment to include provision of artificial grass mats, lower ropes, stretchers etc. Backfilling of graves after interment and tidying of immediate area.
• b) To perform ground maintenance tasks not included in the grounds maintenance contract as detailed in the document ‘Non-Contracted Cemetery Grounds Maintenance’.
• c) Responsible for the unlocking/locking of cemetery gates as instructed. All issues regarding cemetery security must be reported to the Cemetery Foreperson or Bereavement Officer.
• d)Must be able to drive

This is a full time role on a temporary contract basis

Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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