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Scenario · Cemetery Operations and Grounds

Prepare and secure a lawn grave for Monday

You are a grounds and gravedigging crew member at Everlasting Memorial Park.

Entry3 to 4 hours8 tasks
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The situation

What has happened

The Hollis burial is at 2 pm on Monday in lawn section C, row 12, grave 7, a new single-depth grave. Mitch Doyle will operate the excavator and you will locate the grave, prepare the site and support the dig. Hydraulic shoring set B is out of service after failing inspection, so set A is the only set available. Last week a grave in section B filled with water overnight and its walls softened, and rain is forecast for Sunday night. The work order is in the interment register and the cemetery plan shows an irrigation line running along the row. The grave ready check must be signed by midday Monday.

Your brief. Locate, prepare, excavate and secure the grave safely and to the work order, with the second-person location check, service protection, shoring and confined space controls all in place and recorded, so the grave is ready two hours before the service.
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Tasks

Deliverables

  • Interment register work order with the location check and grave ready check signed
  • Completed confined space entry checklist
  • Site set-up and shoring record with the excavator and shoring set used
  • Incident and hazard report for the heritage section headstone

Documents to use

Systems to use

Interment and Cremation Register

The permanent register of every burial, cremation, vault placement and interment of cremated remains at Everlasting Memorial Park.

WHS Incident and Hazard Register

Logs every injury, exposure, near miss, hazard, vehicle event and identification discrepancy with its investigation and corrective actions.

Fleet and Equipment Register

Tracks the hearses, transfer vehicles, mourning cars, mortuary equipment, grounds plant and cremators, their inspections and service status.

For trainers and assessors

Units of competency

Current on training.gov.au for the Funeral Services as at 10 September 2026.

SIFCBCR006Prepare for gravedigging
SIFCBCR007Dig graves using machinery
SIFCBCR002Backfill and make good graves
SIFCWHS001Identify hazards and assess risks in a cemetery or crematorium
SIFCWHS002Work in confined spaces

Qualifications

SIF30213Certificate III in Gravedigging, Grounds and Maintenance
Assessor notes

What to look for

Evidence guide

Confirm the second-person location check is recorded before excavation, the irrigation line was located, and shoring set A was installed before entry with the checklist completed. The student must know that set B is tagged out and that no entry occurs without a surface person. Look for the grave ready check signed before midday and a clear hazard report for the headstone.

The student's evidence summary lists every record they created or changed in the systems named above, their notes and the tasks they ticked. Verify it against the deliverables and your own assessment tool.