Assignment 1 CEMETERY CARETAKER

Cemetery Caretaker

 

Who is the cemetery caretaker?

Jeff is 56 years old now, he has been a cemetery caretaker for almost 10 years. When he was 45years old , s His wife died in a car accident. Jeff was so sad and painful that he resigned from the original work and to become a cemetery caretaker. Then he can always stay together with his wife.

Jeff has a 24 year old daughter Marry. Marry is working in other country now. because Jeff is too much immersed in his wife's death, so ignore his daughter, so they relationship between father and daughter is not good.

Because Jeff has been the cemetery caretaker for more than 10years, so he become silence and unsociable. However Jeff is his character is very serious and be strict to everyone. But when he's getting older, he felt more and more lonely, so he wanted to make up the relationship between father and daughter, and hopes for his daughter to live with him.

What does a cemetery caretaker do?

A cemetery caretaker performs a number of grounds maintenance and burial preparation tasks at a public or private cemetery. He or she uses lawnmowers, hedge trimmers, clippers, and other gardening tools on a daily basis. When a grave needs to be dug, the cemetery caretaker is generally responsible for identifying the best location and excavating the ground to the appropriate size and depth. The caretaker may also control the equipment used to carefully place caskets into their graves. Most cemetery caretakers are city employees, though some work for privately-owned parks or funeral homes.

As with most groundskeeper jobs, the daily duties of a cemetery caretaker depend largely on the weather. In warm seasons, he or she mows and waters grass, trims trees, and tends to flowers. A caretaker often spends winter months raking leaves, removing debris, leveling ground, and planting new seeds. In addition to gardening, the caretaker opens gates during daytime hours and makes sure the grounds are locked and secure at night.

Cemetery caretakers are often also responsible for digging and preparing burial sites when they are given notice from funeral homes. Depending on the softness and composition of the soil, the caretaker may be able to excavate a grave entirely by hand with the aid of shovels, picks, and wheelbarrows. The worker may also operate a tractor and a backhoe to quickly remove large amounts dirt and rock. He or she normally affixes grave markers and tombstones into place and ropes off open graves to prevent accidents. A caretaker generally needs to be in good physical condition and have excellent vision to accomplish such tasks in an efficient manner.

Why ask me to design the house?

   Many people think that working in the cemetery is a very frightening thing, people maybe fell uncomfortable stay with Jeff. So he wants to design a house that gives to his daughter a good impression.