Cemetery Technician

Job descrption: General manual labour of the cemetries which involves tidying the areas and keeping clean, grass cutting and tending to the flowerbeds Candidates successful will be either working at Grove Park Cemetery or Hither Green Cemetery - Lewisham Borough
Summary of Responsibilities and Personal Duties:
1. Assist with excavation of a grave ensuring that the grave is dug in the correct position, verifying grave and plot numbers;
2. Install and remove grave shoring equipment;
3. Ensure timbers, webs, and matting are in place;
4. Back-fill graves, reinstating the area and placing floral tributes on the grave;
5. Ensure floral tributes are removed after 10 days and that graves are topped-up and level;
6. Ensure shoring, grass matting, and boards are removed from the plot following a funeral and the area left tidy;
7. Assist the cemeteries supervisor with the testing of memorials;
8. Remove and/or replace memorials as required.
9. Undertake horticultural and laboring duties within the cemeteries and crematorium including:
- Maintenance of rose beds, flower beds, and shrub areas;
- Grass cutting, edge trimming, turfing, strimming, sweeping, and raking;
- Hedge cutting;
- Application of herbicides, insecticides, and fertilizers;
- General maintenance and upkeep of the grounds.
10. Carry out daily, weekly, and other routine maintenance to equipment and tools, including topping up fluids when required to ensure smooth running and use;
11. Undertake all duties with due regard to the Health and Safety of yourself, colleagues, members of the public, and other visitors;
12. Undertake all duties with due regard to the cemeteries and crematorium environment;
13. Deal sensitively and sympathetically with members of the public, funeral directors, and ministers of religion.
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