This position is located at the Sarasota National Cemetery in Sarasota, Florida.

Duties

Facilities Maintenance: Provides direction and supervision of personnel performing facilities maintenance tasks in accordance with National Cemetery Administration Operational Standards and Measures, NCA Regulations, district and local station policies including equipment and vehicle maintenance, tool control and acting as COR for any contracted facilities maintenance functions. Grounds Keeping Operations: Provides direction and supervision of personnel performing grounds keeping tasks in accordance with National Cemetery Administration Operational Standards and Measures, NCA Regulations, district and local station policies including mowing, trimming, and edging, fertilization, seasonal maintenance, gardening, pruning, and maintenance of planting beds, and acting as COR for any contracted grounds keeping functions. Interment Operations: Provides direction and supervision for personnel performing interment operations in accordance with National Cemetery Administration Operational Standards and Measures. NCA Regulations, district and local station policies including layout and establishing of new gravesites, supervising opening and closing of graves; ensure operators properly backfill and tamp each gravesite to achieve proper compaction; ensuring and verifying correct placement of casketed and cremated remains in the correct gravesite or niche. Also responsible for supervising the supervising and receiving and inspecting of headstones and markers, repairing of damaged graves, and acting as COR for any contracted interment operation functions (headstone inscription/setting). Ensures interment operations are carried out in accordance with National Cemetery Administration policies and guidelines. Work schedule: May be required to work Monday through Friday to include occasional weekends. Due to the mission of the National Cemetery, the cemetery cannot be closed for more than 2 consecutive days at any given time. Additionally, when a Federal holiday falls on a Monday or Friday, staff may be required to work on that holiday or a Saturday. All staff is required to work Memorial Day each year. Staff will be required to work overtime, weekends and holidays when necessary to meet the needs of the cemetery. Occasionally staff may be called back to the facility to perform emergency overtime work. Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Not Available Not Available Position Description Title/PD#: Cemetery Caretaker Supervisor/ PD136270 The full performance level of this position is WS - 08. Relocation Expenses: Not Authorized Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Requirements

• Subject to a background/security investigation.
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job.
• Pass a pre-employment medical examination.
• Must possess a valid state driver's license.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement,08/21/2024. Your background must demonstrate work involved in supervising work pertaining to landscaping, grounds keeping, or other related trades experience that includes the use of hand tools and/or power tools, and the safe operation of related machinery and equipment used in cemetery caretaking practices, as described in the duties section of the announcement. EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Qualification Standard Handbook X-118C ( www.opm.gov/qualifications/x-118c). SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements. The screen-out element(s) for this position are/is: Ability to Lead or Supervise. Must possess and maintain a valid state driver's license. JOB ELEMENTS: Those who meet the minimum level of experience and training for the screen-out element will then be evaluated in each of the following job elements: Drive SafelyInterpret Instructions, Specifications (includes blueprint reading)Lead or SuperviseTechnical PracticesWork Practices Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: Must be able to lift to 50 pounds. Incumbent should request assistance whenever performing tasks that require lifting more than 50 pounds. Must be able to walk in all types of terrain and soil condition. Incumbent is required to wear personal protective equipment when appropriate. Protective equipment includes personal protection for the eyes, hearing, face, head, back, extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices and protective shields and barriers. This equipment will be maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition. Working Conditions: Work is performed inside or outside with the incumbent being subjected to heat, cold, wind, rain, dampness, and periodic muddy conditions. The incumbent may operate machinery that causes noise and vibrations, emits carbon monoxide, has moving parts that may cut or harm the body and requires the use of safety protective clothing and devices. This work may be performed over uneven terrain. At times the incumbent will be exposed to dirt, dust, mud, water, noise, and fumes from motor vehicles and other equipment. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drugs use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Sarasota National Cemetery 9810 State Road 72 Sarasota, FL 34241 US
• Name: NCA Human Resources Center
• Phone: (317)916-3660
• Email: [email protected]