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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare to collect deceased person.
   • Identify transfer requirements.
   • Locate and prepare appropriate transfer vehicle.
   • Locate and prepare transfer equipment and place in transfer vehicle.
   • Identify and use personal protective equipment.
2. Complete documentation and legal requirements to transfer deceased person.
   • Obtain positive identification of deceased person and label.
   • Consult with clients to obtain information to complete documentation.
   • Complete and check legal documentation.
   • Obtain Death Certificate from appropriate sources where available and check prior to transferring deceased person.
   • Check Death Certificate where applicable to identify presence of infectious disease and take appropriate precautions as required.
   • Report and document jewellery and valuables.
   • Provide completed documentation to manager or legal personnel as required.
   • Notify appropriate personnel of discrepancies in legal documentation.
   • Report suspicious deaths according to relevant legislation.
3. Conduct transfer to funeral vehicle.
   • Determine safest and most appropriate method of moving deceased person.
   • Identify wrapping considerations and wrap deceased person.
   • Apply manual handling techniques to transfer deceased person to funeral vehicle.
   • Return premises to original state.
4. Transport and conduct transfer to mortuary.
   • Prepare for transfer to mortuary.
   • Transfer deceased person from trolley or other apparatus to vacant mortuary tray.
   • Conduct immediate cleaning or purging of deceased body as required during transfer.
   • Position and store deceased person according to mortuary requirements.
   • Notify funeral arranger of coffin or casket requirements.
5. Reinstate transfer vehicle and equipment.
   • Return transfer vehicle to correct location.
   • Clean transfer vehicle and transfer equipment and return to correct location.
6. Prepare to collect deceased person.
   • Identify transfer requirements.
   • Locate and prepare appropriate transfer vehicle.
   • Locate and prepare transfer equipment and place in transfer vehicle.
   • Identify and use personal protective equipment.
7. Complete documentation and legal requirements to transfer deceased person.
   • Obtain positive identification of deceased person and label.
   • Consult with clients to obtain information to complete documentation.
   • Complete and check legal documentation.
   • Obtain Death Certificate from appropriate sources where available and check prior to transferring deceased person.
   • Check Death Certificate where applicable to identify presence of infectious disease and take appropriate precautions as required.
   • Report and document jewellery and valuables.
   • Provide completed documentation to manager or legal personnel as required.
   • Notify appropriate personnel of discrepancies in legal documentation.
   • Report suspicious deaths according to relevant legislation.
8. Conduct transfer to funeral vehicle.
   • Determine safest and most appropriate method of moving deceased person.
   • Identify wrapping considerations and wrap deceased person.
   • Apply manual handling techniques to transfer deceased person to funeral vehicle.
   • Return premises to original state.
9. Transport and conduct transfer to mortuary.
   • Prepare for transfer to mortuary.
   • Transfer deceased person from trolley or other apparatus to vacant mortuary tray.
   • Conduct immediate cleaning or purging of deceased body as required during transfer.
   • Position and store deceased person according to mortuary requirements.
   • Notify funeral arranger of coffin or casket requirements.
10. Reinstate transfer vehicle and equipment.
    • Return transfer vehicle to correct location.
    • Clean transfer vehicle and transfer equipment and return to correct location.

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

identify transfer vehicle, equipment and documentary requirements to meet the needs of the specific transfer

correctly identify the deceased person

interact with the deceased’s family to obtain accurate information

accurately complete documentation and transfer to the correct destination

use safe manual handling techniques.

Evidence of performance on five or more occasions is required to demonstrate consistency of performance and ability to respond to different situations.

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Knowledge Evidence

Demonstrated knowledge of:

considerations when transferring deceased persons, including but not restricted to:

speed and timing of transfer

pickup point

social, cultural and religious requirements:

funeral and mourning dress standards

cultural rituals to assist grieving

taboos regarding death

work health and safety/occupational health and safety issues:

size and weight of deceased person

infectious waste

toxic gases

cancer producing agents

blood borne viruses

droplet infections

bacterial infections

sharps

aerosol exposure from lungs of body

transfer equipment including lifting devices and personal protective equipment

documentation in relation to transferring the decreased, including but not restricted to:

Death Certificate or Certificate of Life Extinct

death registration form

coroner’s warrant

medical report

transfer instructions

waterproof identification tag fixed securely to body

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

receipts for jewellery and other valuables

mortuary occupancy register

embalming form

wrapping requirements and considerations in relation to transferring deceased persons

workplace policies and procedures relating to transferring deceased persons

federal, state or territory, and local government legislation and regulations relating to work health and safety/occupational health and safety, infection control practices and the transfer of deceased persons and associated documentation.

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