Also called: Gravedigger, Interment Worker
Maintains cemetery grounds and prepares graves for burials.
Groundskeepers mow and trim around headstones, operate backhoes to open and close graves, and set up for services.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. On-the-job training; equipment operation skills.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years).
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Robot mowers are spreading but struggle among headstones; opening graves and setting up services stay human.
Age 16+. One way to start: Apply to cemeteries and memorial parks for grounds crew jobs
Classes: Ag/horticulture CTE, Shop class, PE/fitness, Earth Science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 37-3011.
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