Description
Gravedigger
Mortonhall Crematorium
Salary: £26,337 - £28,835
Hours: 36 per week, 52 weeks
A member of a team undertaking grave preparation and excavation. This involves all duties involved in the burial of the dead, including location of the grave, preparation and digging of graves using the necessary shoring and shuttering required, ensuring all Health & Safety aspects of the work are followed.
We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.
To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.
You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council
Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.
Happy to talk flexible working.
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Responsibilities
Qualifications, training & professional membership:
* SVQ Level 2 in Amenity Horticulture, Green-keeping, or Nursery practice or equivalent.
* NPTC Certificate of Competence in use of Pesticides PA1 + PA6a, or give a commitment to gaining these certificates within six months of appointment.
* Current, clean, full driving licence.
* Certification for use of tractor mounted spraying equipment. (Desirable)
Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Understanding:
* A minimum of three years experience in horticulture, ground maintenance, green-keeping, or nursery practice.
* Experience of operating ground maintenance machinery and equipment.
* Experience of working with the public
* Experience of driving vehicles as required, including tractors and towing of trailers (Desirable)
* Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and policy.
* Knowledge of preparing and maintaining floral meadows (Desirable)
* Knowledge of maintaining sport pitches (Desirable)
* Knowledge of planting and maintaining herbaceous perennials and shrubs. (Desirable)
* Communication skills to advise members of the public, elected members, external organisations, trainees and others on areas related to service.