Overview
We are seeking Qualified Grave Diggers for the Middlesex and Surrey areas
Salary Rate: £12 – £15 depending on experience
Must have COTTS
Must be a skilled Cemetery Worker and Grave Digger with experience of operating plant machinery and tools to join a cemetery, to play a crucial part in the maintenance and operation of the grounds and ensuring the overall functionality of the facility.
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.
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.
Skills:
- Measure and mark out plots
- Excavate plots
- Backfill the plots
- Use hand tools
- Use mechanically controlled tools
- Liaise with different other funeral and cemetery staff
- Ground maintenance.
- Personal Qualities:
- Flexibility
- Mobility
- Able to work as part of a team or on your own
- Friendly and approachable.
Please get in touch with Simone on 02085772442 or apply using the link below