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Resthaven Memory Gardens & Funeral Home
Grounds Specialist
Career Insights for Landscaping / Groundskeeping Worker
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What they do
A Landscaping or Groundskeeping Worker provides landscaping for residences, parks, public gardens, college campuses or building or office park grounds. Provides care for plants and trees including mowing, trimming and planting, and repairs driveways, walks, benches or other structures.
$38,796 / year median in Colorado
+6% projected growth
Job Description
Our associates celebrate lives. We celebrate our associates. Manages the grounds provided at a cemetery or funeral home location(s). Performs all grounds keeping and maintenance matters on the properties and maintains the overall appearance of a cemetery, mausoleum or funeral home location.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Mows grass, plows snow, waters lawns, fertilizes and trims shrubs, tends flower beds and regularly inspects assigned work areas to insure proper standards are maintained Operates lawn and grounds equipment including push and power mowers, snow blowers, weed eaters, leaf blowers and other related power equipment Removes debris and trash from grounds. May include turning down vases and removing wilted flowers Participates on teams for openings and closings for interments, entombments and inurnments May perform disinterment May determine the location and layout of individual graves with assistance, complying with verification procedures May perform minor repairs to the cemetery and or building systems May perform some of the duties associated with cremations such as maintaining inventory and complying with federal and state cremation regulations Must follow safety rules and ensure compliance with the operating procedures of corporate, federal, state and local regulations, including OSHA regulations and Safety and Environmental guidelines May assist in moving and installing burial vaultsMINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education High school diploma or equivalent Experience Minimum 6 months relevant experience Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Ability to operate hand-held tools and equipment, including, but not limited to a shovel, pick, rake, sledge hammer, lawn mower, weed trimmer and leaf blower Ability to accurately use measuring devices (i.e. tape measure, yard-stick, etc.) Ability to work in extreme weather conditions Physically agile and dexterous Ability to operate equipment in a safe and careful manner Ability to effectively work with others to accomplish tasks Ability to communicate effectively with associates, contractor personnel and client families Basic computer skills to enable retrieving and responding to email communications Work Conditions Work Environment Work outdoors during all seasons and weather conditions Comply with Field dress code policy Work Postures Frequent, continuous periods of time standing, up 6 hours per day Climbing stairs to access buildings frequently Physical Demands Lifting, pushing, pulling up to 50 pounds Work Hours Working beyond "standard" hours as the need arises Schedule may fluctuate, if a need arises, to an earlier or a later shift Compensation $20.00/hr Benefits Medical- Dental
- Vision
- Flexible Spending Accounts (health care and dependent care)
- Health Savings Account with Company Contribution
- Sick Leave
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- Life Insurance
- Voluntary Accidental Death or Dismemberment Insurance
- Dependent Life Insurance
- SCI 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with Company match