Cemetery Caretaker

Title: Cemetery Caretaker

State Role Title: Trades Technician IV

Hiring Range: $22.00

Pay Band: 4

Agency: Dept of Veterans Services

Location: Virginia Veterans Cemetery

Agency Website: www.dvs.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

Serve Virginia's veterans and their family members by ensuring they receive the benefits, support, quality care, and recognition they have earned through service and sacrifice. This position is a working position responsible for locating grave/cremation sites within a specific garden section utilizing maps, pins, and applicable measuring devices, then opening and closing each site. This individual must be capable operating backhoes, tractors, dump trucks, vault cart and other cemetery heavy equipment as applicable for that location. Must neatly maintain as directed by the Cemetery Caretaker Manager or Cemetery Superintendent all grounds areas, bush and mulch beds, gravesites, buildings inside and outside areas and familiar with placing temporary/permanent grave markers. Performs additional duties as assigned by the Cemeteries Superintendent and or Cemetery Caretaker Manager in matters concerning the veteran's cemetery.

Minimum Qualifications

Must be familiar with and have learned all cemetery grounds maintenance procedures and practices; to include all operations including garden/section maps, pins, and gravesite numbering system for laying out each site. This individual is aware of preventative maintenance in relationship to the cemeteries light and heavy equipment including the operation of power hand tools, plastering, plumbing, and roof repairs and carpentry. Able to lift/maneuver with the help of one additional person a 220-pound grave marker.

Additional Considerations

High school education/GED or Cemetery experience of six months. The position requires a Valid Virginia driver's license.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Contact Information

Name: DVS HR Team

Phone: No Calls

Email: recruitment@dvs.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.