Overview

Salary £13-£15 per hour

Our local authority client require a qualified Grave Digger. COTS

Experience required, digger/dumper preferable, plus relevant grave digging qualifications.

The Role

Grave diggers are general ground maintenance workers tending graves and memorial sites at cemeteries and crematoriums

As well as general ground maintenance grave diggers will also:

  • Measure and mark out grave spaces
  • Use a mechanical excavator and hand tools to dig graves
  • Work/liaise with other funeral and cemetery staff, including crematorium technicians, cemetery inspectors and superintendents, council officials and general gardening staff.
  • Backfill the plots
  • Use hand tools

Working Conditions:

  • Working outdoors, often in all kinds of weather. It can be physically demanding, and involve lots of climbing and bending.
  • Some aspects of the job may involve the use of heavy machinery and chemicals. Suitable protective clothing is provided when appropriate.
  • Liaise with different other funeral and cemetery staff
  • Ground maintenance.

The Person

  • Flexibility – Mobility
  • Able to work as part of a team or on your own
  • Friendly and approachable.
  • Experience in a similar role required

Please get in touch with Simone on 02085772442 or submit your CV using the link below

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