Funeral Workers prepare bodies for viewing and burial, arrange and conduct funerals, and perform other specialist funereal services. This occupation group covers Funeral Workers not elsewhere classified. Registration or licensing may be required.
Occupation description
Funeral Workers prepare bodies for viewing and burial, arrange and conduct funerals, and perform other specialist funereal services. This occupation group covers Funeral Workers not elsewhere classified. Registration or licensing may be required.
Occupations considered suitable under this ANZSCO code:
- Embalmer
- Funeral Director's Assistant
Funeral Workers nec is a VETASSESS Group D occupation
This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the educational level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Certificate III or higher.
Applicants can fulfil the assessment criteria for this occupation in four different ways.
* Highly relevant paid employment duration (20 hours or more per week)
Pathways 1–3
minimum years of post-qualification employment highly relevant to the nominated occupation, completed at an appropriate skill level in the five years before the date of application for a Skills Assessment.
Pathway 4
minimum 4 years of relevant employment required – Three years of relevant employment (can be outside the last 5-year period) in addition to at least one year of highly relevant employment within the last five years before applying.
A positive assessment of both qualification level and employment duration is required for a positive Skills Assessment outcome.
Qualification & Employment Criteria
Qualification
Highly relevant fields of study include:
- Funeral Services
- Funeral Operations
Employment Criteria
Highly relevant tasks include, but are not limited to:
- Collecting bodies from mortuaries
- Preparing bodies for viewing and burial by washing, draining body fluids, applying padding and cosmetics, dressing bodies and placing them in coffins
- Arranging the placement of coffins at funeral sites, and placing and adjusting floral displays and lighting
- Keeping records and accounts of transactions and services performed
nec means “not elsewhere classified”.
Applicants should include a cover letter that justifies the rationale for choosing an nec category.
For visa-related requirements including caveats that may apply for certain occupations, please visit the Department of Home Affairs website.
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