Cemetery Caretaker Technician

Summary

This position is located at the Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York.

Candidate will report to Long Island National Cemetery for 6 to 8 months until St. Albans National Cemetery is open.

DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY: This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (VA-NCA-011) in-accordance with 5 . 3304(a)(3) and 5 CFR 337.205(b)(1)-(4).

Duties

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.

Also performs Cemetery Representative functions. Incumbent greets visitors including family members and general public; responds to requests and answers questions. Prepares all paperwork related to the interment process, checking work in progress and assuring that all deadlines, necessary information and procedures are met. Handles questions from family members in an empathetic manner. Prepares and presents NOK packets for the family, tags, temporary markers, dig slips, and burial schedules.

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 Technician/PD1591535
The full performance level of this position is WG-06.

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

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