Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare to collect deceased person.
- 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.
- Conduct transfer to funeral vehicle.
- 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.
- Reinstate transfer vehicle and equipment.
- Prepare to collect deceased person.
- 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.
- Conduct transfer to funeral vehicle.
- 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.
- Reinstate transfer vehicle and equipment.