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Demonstrated knowledge of:
considerations when determining burial work requirements, including:social, cultural and religious requirements:burial procedurestime between death and burialtime between burial and closure of gravesplacing of tributes and special personal effectswork teamtools, equipment and machinerypersonal protective equipmentprotective restraintstools and equipment used for backfilling to ensure good graves, and their associated usesmachinery in relation to backfilling to ensure good graves, including:backhoefront-end loaderskid steer loaderexcavatortractortruckbackfilling techniques to ensure good gravessafe operating procedures for relevant tools, equipment and machineryprotective restraints, including:sheetingbarricadestemporary fencingreinforced coverssafety hazards associated with backfilling to ensure good gravesconcepts and techniques for shoring, including devices used:spreadersboardshydraulic bracesstabilisersworkplace policies and procedures in relation to gravediggingfederal, state or territory, and local government legislation and regulations relating to work health and safety/occupational health and safety, working in confined spaces and gravediggingenvironmental impacts in relation to gravedigging and minimal impact practices to reduce these, especially those that relate to resource, water and energy useenvironmentally sound disposal methods for all types of waste and in particular for hazardous substance.