General Cemetery Grounds, Marker Installation, and Interment Caretaker Services

OBJECTIVE & BACKGROUND
The client requires temporary staffing support to maintain the dignity, beauty, and operational efficiency of the cemetery grounds. Perform essential duties encompassing marker installation, turf maintenance, and interment operations. This role ensures the grounds and services strictly adhere to the high aesthetic and operational standards established by the National Cemetery Administration (NCA) and State Cemetery guidelines.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Contractors assigned to the Interment Caretaker role will execute a variety of outdoor manual labor and operational support tasks divided into four primary functional areas:

Area I: Grave Marker Installation & Maintenance
Installation: Carefully set, level, and align flat or upright military grave markers and headstones into designated grid positions according to precise cemetery specs.
Foundation Prep: Mix aggregate/ concrete material, dig marker trenches, add or remove soil, and tamp the subsurface to prevent future sinking or tilting.
Aesthetic Alignment: Utilize alignment strings, levels, and plumb lines to ensure all newly installed markers are perfectly vertical and square within the row matrix.

Area II: Turf Maintenance & Groundskeeping
Lawn Care: Perform routine mowing, precision edging around headstones, string-trimming, and weeding across all burial sections and communal areas.
Soil Management: Add, remove, and backfill dirt to correct sunken gravesites, fill holes, and repair turf erosion caused by weather or natural settling.
Property Cleanup: Collect and dispose of fallen branches, leaves, trash, and expired floral arrangements across the cemetery property daily to maintain pristine presentation.

Area III: Interment Operations Support
Site Preparation: Assist with preparing gravesites or columbarium niches for scheduled burial services, ensuring the area is clean and reverent.
Committal Service Setup: Set up and break down committal shelters, tents, folding chairs, artificial turf coverings, and electronic equipment or emblems used during military honors ceremonies.
Post-Service Closure: Assist with the safe backfilling of open gravesites, compacting soil, re-laying turf, and neatly arranging floral tributes following the conclusion of services.

Area IV: Alternate Duties (Inclement Weather Policy)
Equipment Upkeep: On days when severe or inclement weather prevents outdoor field work, contractors will clean, sharpen, and maintain manual tools, trimmers, and mixers.
Facilities Support: Perform indoor custodial tasks, organize maintenance shops, or prep hardware assets to ensure total operational readiness for the next active field day.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES
Physical Endurance: Capacity to stand, bend, kneel, lift, and carry heavy components (headstones, bags of aggregate, and site equipment) repeatedly in an outdoor desert climate.
Attention to Detail: Strict adherence to alignment margins

Required Skills
Physical Endurance: Capacity to stand, bend, kneel, lift, and carry heavy components repeatedly in an outdoor desert climate.
Tool Competency: Ability to safely operate manual landscaping tools (shovels, rakes, string trimmers, tampers) and measuring devices (levels, alignment strings).

Preferred Skills
Landscaping experience

Notes:
Onsite
Work Days: Monday through Friday
Daily Shift Hours: 6:00 AM to 2:30 PM
Meal Break: 30-minute unpaid lunch break scheduled in accordance with cemetery operational guidelines.