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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Receive deceased persons at a mortuary.
  2. Maintain mortuary environment.
  3. Maintain mortuary equipment.
  4. Release deceased persons to other relevant agencies.
  5. Receive deceased persons at a mortuary.
  6. Maintain mortuary environment.
  7. Maintain mortuary equipment.
  8. Release deceased persons to other relevant agencies.

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

receive, position and release deceased persons

review and accurately complete documentation for receiving and releasing deceased persons

monitor and maintain mortuary equipment availability and serviceability and the cleanliness and security of mortuary.

Evidence of performance of coordinating mortuary operations on the receiving and releasing of two or more decreased persons is required to demonstrate consistency of performance and ability to respond to different situations.


Knowledge Evidence

Demonstrated knowledge of:

documentation required for receiving and releasing deceased persons, including:

Medical Certificate or Certificate of Life Extinct

coroner’s warrant

medical report

transfer instructions

waterproof identification tag fixed securely to body

list of personal property, including clothing and shoes for dressing the deceased

receipts for jewellery and other valuables

mortuary occupancy register

embalming form

agencies in relation to receiving and releasing deceased persons, including but not restricted to:

Coroner’s Office

other funeral homes

hospitals

features and uses of specialist and non-specialist mortuary items

workplace policies and procedures for monitoring mortuary operations, including security procedures, climate control, maintaining equipment

federal, state or territory, and local government legislation and regulations relating to transfer documentation, work health and safety/occupational health and safety, infection control and handling human remains

environmental impacts regarding mortuary operations and minimal impact practices to reduce these

funeral services industry parameters and protocols for dealing with the deceased.