Cemetery Caretaker

Updated: April 11, 2024 10:44 PM GMT

Health insurance Job in Eagle Point, Oregon

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Eagle Point, OR

Summary

This position is located at the Eagle Point National Cemetery in Eagle Point, Oregon.

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

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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... More Detail