Funeral Workers

Key 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

Employment Projections to 2034