This unit applies to funeral home staff members who may or may not be embalmers and involves working autonomously with a reasonable level of responsibility. | |
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ELEMENT | PERFORMANCE CRITERIA | ||
1 | Prepare to encoffin the deceased person. | 1.1 | Identify and prepare encoffining area and appropriate instruments and equipment according to workplace policies and procedures, and relevant legislation. |
1.2 | Prepare and use personal protective equipment according to workplace policies and procedures, and relevant legislation. | ||
1.3 | Identify correct coffin or casket and check for serviceability and correct preparation. | ||
1.4 | Identify and assess considerations for encoffining the deceased person. | ||
1.5 | Check identity of the deceased person against nameplate and encoffining instructions. | ||
2 | Encoffin the deceased person. | 2.1 | Apply manual handling procedures to lift the deceased person into coffin or casket. |
2.2 | Arrange the deceased person in coffin or casket according to work instructions. | ||
2.3 | Undertake final check of presentation and arrangement of the deceased person and make adjustments as required. | ||
2.4 | Seal or close coffin or casket according to work instructions and customise with mementos, special handles or accessories as required. | ||
2.5 | Secure nameplate and trimming accessories and undertake final check for presentation and accuracy. | ||
3 | Perform engraving. | 3.1 | Identify engraving requirements according to workplace policies and procedures. |
3.2 | Select and prepare appropriate engraving tools and equipment according to job requirements, workplace policies and procedures, and relevant legislation. | ||
3.3 | Select item to be engraved and prepare engraving surface for setting out process. | ||
3.4 | Select appropriate fonts and lettering set out and transfer to engraving surface. | ||
3.5 | Engrave lettering and decorative ornamental work to set out design according to job requirements. | ||
4 | Clean up. | 4.1 | Clean engraving surface according to workplace policies and procedures. |
4.2 | Dispose of waste material according to workplace policies and procedures. | ||
4.3 | Clean and store tools and equipment according to workplace policies and procedures. | ||
Required skills safe manual handling techniques literacy and numeracy skills to interpret work instructions and engraving requirements, verify identity of the deceased person and check nameplates fine motor skills to manipulate engraving equipment to meet job requirements. |
Required knowledge legislative requirements relating to safe completion of encoffining procedures broad working knowledge of relevant federal, state or territory, and local government legislation and regulations relating to OHS, infection control and handling human remains use and maintenance of personal protective equipment funeral services industry parameters and protocols when dealing with the deceased traditional and contemporary font styles and ornamental designs workplace policies and procedures regarding safe performance of engraving work. |
The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package. | |
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit | Evidence of the following is essential: ability to correctly identify and encoffin a deceased person safely and appropriately according to OHS procedures and work instructions observation of social, cultural or religious requirements ability to accurately interpret and complete engraving requirements, including lettering and ornamentation safe manual handling techniques encoffin deceased persons on multiple occasions to ensure consistency of performance and ability to respond to different situations. |
Context of and specific resources for assessment | Assessment must ensure: demonstration of skills in a facility where deceased persons can be encoffined, most commonly a mortuary access to deceased bodies access to coffins or caskets access to appropriate encoffining equipment, including personal protective equipment access to client brief for engraving access to nameplates to be engraved access to engraving tools and equipment, including personal protective equipment. |
Methods of assessment | A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit: observation of candidate identifying and applying all preparatory procedures, applying safe manual handling and infection control practices, and correctly encoffining the deceased person according to work instructions observation of candidate selecting, preparing, engraving and presenting a range of funeral items review of completed engraving work written or verbal questioning to assess knowledge and understanding of relevant legislative and workplace requirements review of portfolios of evidence and third-party workplace reports of on-the-job performance by the candidate. |
Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended, for example: SIFOHS002A Follow infection and contamination control procedures SIFOHS003A Follow mortuary OHS procedures. | |
Employability skills embedded in this unit should be assessed holistically with other relevant units that make up the skill set or qualification and in the context of the job role. | |
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. | |
Encoffining area may include: | tables floors walls. |
Instruments and equipment may include: | personal protective equipment embalming trolley coffin or casket trolley mechanical lifting device lifting straps coffin or casket coffin or casket trim staple gun shroud body covering breast shroud face covering deceased's shoes and clothing coffin or casket nameplate specialised handles and accessories body identification tag. |
Workplace policies and procedures may include: | standard operating policies and procedures standards and certification requirements quality assurance procedures OHS procedures infection control procedures emergency procedures, including fire and accident procedures security procedures. |
Relevant legislation may include: | OHS infection control hazardous materials. |
Personal protective equipment may include: | disposable gloves heavy duty gloves barrier gown or suit waterproof overshoes waterproof aprons splash proof masks hair cover. |
Considerations for encoffining may include: | general body condition type of coffin or casket clothing requirements size and weight of the deceased person age of the deceased person age of viewers place of viewing full body or partial viewing |
social, cultural and religious requirements, such as: dress standards gender of body preparation personnel time required between death and burial or cremation orientation of the deceased person. | |
Manual handling procedures may include: | single person lift multiple person lift assisted with mechanical lifting device assisted with manual lifting device. |
Work instructions may include: | social, religious or cultural requirements accessories mementos. |
Engraving requirements may include: | nameplates mementos fonts iconography heraldry client brief drawings and specifications engraving surface, such as: brass silver gold. |
Engraving tools and equipment may include: | personal protective equipment, including: safety glasses ear plugs or muffs dust masks respirators gloves leather apron measuring tape rule drafting equipment squares manual engraving machine computerised engraving machine motorised engraving machine. |
Transfer to engraving surface may include: | templates direct drafting stencils tracings. |
Lettering may include: | standard decorative. |
Sector | Funeral Services |
Mortuary Work and Embalming | |
This unit contains employability skills. | |
Not applicable.