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Funeral Attendant
Alternative Titles:
Funeral Director's Assistant
Funeral attendants assist in the handling of people who
have died, the preparation for funerals, the transportation
and placement of coffins, the conducting of the funeral
ceremony and the maintenance of funeral premises.
Funeral attendants may perform the following tasks:
- collect the body from the hospital, morgue or place of
death
- assist in preparing the body and placing it in the
coffin
- escort mourners to funeral chapels
- arrange burial equipment such as mats and lowering
straps
- distribute and collect attendance and tribute cards
- drive passenger vehicles, mortuary vans and hearses
- clean parlours, chapels and hearses
- arrange floral tributes
- assist as coffin or casket bearers.
Funeral attendants' work may be stressful. They are
required to work after hours and on weekends.
Funeral attendants may specialise as specially qualified
embalmers who preserve both the body and appearance of the
deceased.
With experience and sometimes further training it is
possible to become a
Funeral Director who may perform the following
tasks:
- coordinates and supervises funeral workers including
embalmers, drivers, receptionists or clerical assistants
- interviews relatives to discuss style of funeral,
coffin/casket, cars, flowers and costs
- makes arrangements for interment/cremation or
repatriation after checking that proper documentation has
been completed by the doctor, hospital, coroner officer,
clergy, civil celebrant, cemetery or crematorium official,
social services or other organisations
- conducts the funeral
- arranges the construction of a monument or the disposal
of cremated ashes
- generally assists and supports family through ceremonies
and other aspects of the funeral process
- arranges newspaper notices (and in some cases radio
announcements) notifying the death and detailing the funeral
arrangements.
Required Skills - Funeral Attendant
- enjoy helping people
- well groomed
- tactful
- sympathetic
- good communication skills
- physically fit
- good driving record
- good organisational skills
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