Description
This occupation group covers Funeral Workers not elsewhere classified. Registration or licensing may be required.
Skill Level
3
Alternative Titles
NULL
Specializations
- Embalmer
- Funeral Director’s Assistant
Skills Assessment Authority
Caveats
Caveat 10
TSS, ENS – The position is not located in regional Australia (within the meaning of subregulation 5.19(7) of the Regulations).
Group: 4513 Funeral Workers
Description
prepare bodies for viewing and burial, arrange and conduct funerals, and perform other specialist funereal services.
Tasks
- interviewing families and associates of the deceased to assist with funeral arrangements such as the selection of coffin, type of service and publication of death notices
- advising on funeral costs and welfare provisions
- collecting bodies from mortuaries
- ensuring death certificates have been issued, burial and cremation certificates processed and that other legal requirements are met
- preparing bodies for viewing and burial by washing, draining body fluids, applying padding and cosmetics, dressing bodies and placing them in coffins
- liaising with clergy and cemetery and crematorium staff
- coordinating the movement of coffins and funeral cars, arranging floral displays and collecting attendance and tribute cards
- arranging the placement of coffins at funeral sites, and placing and adjusting floral displays and lighting
- keeping records and accounts of transactions and services performed
- may arrange the construction of memorials and the disposal of ashes
Skill Level
The occupation Funeral Director has a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below.