Cemetery Caretaker

National Cemetery Administration; Bakersfield (CA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

The National Cemetery Administration in Bakersfield, CA, seeks a Cemetery Caretaker (WG-06) to perform duties requiring manual labor and physical strength, including grave digging, headstone alignment, and grounds maintenance. The position involves operating tractors and lawn mowers, handling tools, and supporting funeral-related tasks.

Work schedule may include overtime, weekends, and holidays to meet cemetery needs; federal holidays may require working.

Qualifications

• Requires manual skills and physical strength.
• Experience operating tractors, riding mowers, and pneumatic equipment.
• Able to lift and place caskets; perform cemetery maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Operate small tractors and riding lawn mowers.
• Dig graves to proper level and align headstones.
• Clear debris and maintain cemetery grounds.

Skills

Manual labor

Physical strength

Tools

Tractor

Lawn mower

Pneumatic tools

Power tools

Chainsaws

Job description

• Hiring Agency: National Cemetery Administration
• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

This position is located at the Bakersfield National Cemetery in Arvin, California.

Key Responsibilities

The Cemetery Caretaker 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.

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. Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Not Available Position Description Title/PD#:Cemetery Caretaker/PD136120 WG-06 The full performance level of this position is WG-06.

Relocation Expenses: Not Authorized Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with National Cemetery Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $25.95 – $30.27/hr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-22.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.

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