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Temporary Labourer (Cemeteries)

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time

Hours of Work: 40

Job location: Cemeteries-Williamsburg, Cemeteries-Woodland

Pay: $27.71 Hourly

Grade/Band: TL1

Job Posting Start Date: 7/28/26

Job Posting End Date: 8/15/26

Job Description:

Overview

Cemetery Operations is looking to hire team members to perform cemetery maintenance and to assist with cemetery operations as part of a highly team-oriented Cemetery team, including duties such as completion of interments, turf maintenance and winter maintenance.

(Temporary Full Time for Approximately 7 Months)

Responsibilities

- Maintenance, repair, and renovation of turf in, on and around City cemeteries.
- Turf maintenance and turf renovation, including lawn mowing, line trimming, top-dressing/overseeding, aerating and leaf collection.
- Removes snow from cemeteries including parking lots, cemetery roadways, paths and building entrances; applies salt as required.
- Assist with preparing graves, such as setting out greens and lowering device and attend graveside services.
- Assist with final gravesite activities including lowering casket or urn, filling gravesite with soil, leveling and compacting and replacing with sod and/or seed.
- Completion of monument foundations which includes digging, framing, mixing and pouring concrete and leveling.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education

- Minimum Grade 12 diploma or equivalent.

Additional Requirements

- Valid MTO “G” class driver's license in good standing and ability to provide Drivers Abstract at your own expense as a condition of employment.
- Must be flexible to work varying shifts, & rotational duties,



weekends and overtime as required.
- Reliable with a good attitude and employment record.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

- Ability to exercise compassion, empathy, and sensitivity daily with grieving families who may exhibit a wide range of emotions.
- Highly developed coping skills to deal with emotional and stressful situations.
- Good verbal and written communication skills and ability to keep accurate written records.

Department: INS-Infrastructure Services Department

Division: INS-Parks and Cemeteries Division

Union Code: C.U.P.E. Local 68

Req Id: 653

Job Code: 5500

Number of Openings: 13

Department: INS-Infrastructure Services Department

Union Code: C.U.P.E. Local 68

Req Id: 653

Job Code: 5500

Number of Openings: 13

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