Grave Digging Operative

Grave Digging Operative Hours

• 42 hours per week, Monday to Friday
• On-call rota for weekend standby works

• Safe preparation, digging, and management of grave sites through manual and machine excavation
• Ensuring all graves are excavated safely using appropriate shoring equipment, as per instructed date and time
• Correctly reinstating graves following burials and topping up as required
• Standby and call-out on rota outside normal working hours (weekends and bank holidays)
• Liaising with clients, stakeholders, and cemetery representatives as part of the burial process
• Planning and managing workloads around burial requirements
• Operating plant and machinery including mini-excavators, ride-on mowers, compact tractors, and sweepers
• Driving company vehicles and towing trailers

• Experience using mini excavators within confined environments — preferable
• Experience towing trailers up to 3.5T
• Experience and knowledge of general Street care duties and associated plant and machinery
• Full driving licence (over 3.5T)
• Accredited certification in the use of mini excavators up to 3T — preferable