Subjects
14 units must be completed:
4 core units
10 elective units consisting of:
1 unit from Group A: Work Health and Safety
a minimum of 5 elective units must be selected from the General elective units listed below
a maximum of 4 elective units, first packaged at AQF level 3 or 4, may be selected elsewhere in SIF Funeral Services Training Package, or any other current Training Package or accredited course. Refer to the AQF packaging of Funeral Services units in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.
In all cases, selection of electives must be guided by the job outcome, local industry requirements and the characteristics of this qualification (as per the AQF descriptors).
Core units | |
Provide service to clients | |
Work effectively in the funeral services industry | |
Deal with grief responses | |
Follow infection and contamination control procedures | |
Elective units | |
Group A: Work Health and Safety | |
Follow mortuary work health and safety procedures | |
Follow work health and safety procedures | |
General elective units | |
Administration and Quality | |
Control and order goods | |
Conduct internal quality audits | |
Maintain financial records | |
Maintain business records | |
Use business technology | |
Burials and Cremations | |
Exhume burial sites | |
Cemetery and Crematoria Administration and Coordination | |
Coordinate chapel operations | |
Client Service and Sales | |
Advise on funeral and burial products and services | |
Advise on pre-need funeral and burial products and services | |
Coordinate interaction with clients | |
Funeral Operations | |
Transfer coffins and caskets | |
Arrange and oversee viewings | |
Arrange funerals | |
Arrange intrastate and interstate repatriations | |
Arrange international repatriations | |
Industry | |
Participate in industry networks | |
Management and Leadership | |
Coordinate teams | |
Coordinate staff | |
Marketing and Public Relations | |
Implement marketing and promotional activities | |
Make presentation to community groups | |
Coordinate production of brochures and marketing material | |
Mortuary Work and Embalming | |
Encoffin deceased persons | |
Clean and sterilise mortuary items and equipment | |
Determine body preparation requirements | |
Coordinate mortuary operations | |
Cleanse and disinfect deceased persons | |
Set facial features | |
Treat abdominal and thoracic cavities | |
Dress the deceased and apply cosmetics | |
Sustainability | |
Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices | |
Training and Education | |
Provide work skill instruction | |
Work Health and Safety | |
Identify hazards and assess risks in a cemetery or crematorium | |
Work in confined spaces | |
Implement and monitor work health and safety procedures | |
Respond to emergency situations |