Maintenance Worker 1 - Gardens

• Litter and debris removal.

• Assist visitors, guests, and/or property owners with directions or provide other assistance as needed. This assistance includes completing interment space maintenance requested.

• Immediately reporting any safety hazards encountered.

• Report repairs needed to facilities found during the course of the day to the department supervisor.

• Review the Maintenance Interment report regularly to determine if there are any scheduled funeral services coming up in area of assignment.

• Review the Service Sheet each morning for funeral services scheduled in area of assignment.

• Demonstrate respect for visitors, guests, team members and all other employees at all times.

• Demonstrate complete integrity at all times.

• Mowing, edging and trimming of lawns.

• Trimming of lawn around memorial tablets and lawn vases.

• Trimming of hedges, espaliers, shrubs and ground covers.

• Prepare for, and plant landscape plants and trees and install sod.

• Prune small trees.

• Apply chemicals, including fertilizers, wetting agents, and herbicides.

• Assist with set-up and clean-up before and after special events.

• Set up and secure canopies for funeral services and special events.

• Ability to learn the materials, equipment use, and techniques used for the safe removal, preparation and planting of landscape plants and trees.

• Ability to learn the materials, equipment use, and techniques used for the safe application of chemicals including fertilizers, wetting agents and herbicides.

• Ability to learn the materials, equipment use, and safety precautions for a variety of other grounds maintenance and gardening tasks.

• Demonstrate tact and diplomacy when dealing with team members, internal customers and visitors.

• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those in contact throughout the course of the duties.

Competitive Benefits

Forest Lawn takes pride in offering an excellent benefits package to our employees, which taken as a whole, leads our industry and is competitive with the benefits in just about any other industry.

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Drug Testing Policy

Prior to beginning employment, all job applicants who receive a job offer will be required to voluntarily submit to a drug screening test conducted by a laboratory designated by Forest Lawn. The drug screening method is a hair collection test that will detect the use of illegal drugs within the past 90 days. A positive drug test may result in the withdrawal of the job offer.

E-Verify Statement

Forest Lawn has registered to participate in the federal government's E-Verify program. With E-Verify we are able to confirm the employment authorization of all newly hired employees through an electronic database maintained by the Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security. With respect to new hires, the E-Verify process is completed in conjunction with a new hire's completion of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification upon commencement of employment. E-Verify is not used as a tool to pre-screen candidates.

For up-to-date information on E-Verify, go to https://www.e-verify.gov/employees/e-verify-overview.

Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance

Forest Lawn will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with Criminal Histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.