Funeral Director – ANZSCO 451311

Description

Plans and coordinates arrangements for funerals according to the wishes of the deceased or their relatives. Registration or licensing may be required.

Skill Level

2

Alternative Titles

• Mortician
• Undertaker

Occupation Lists

This occupation is on the following skills lists:

• 187 – Regional Sponsor Migration Scheme (subclass 187)
• 494 – Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (provisional) (subclass 494) – Employer sponsored stream

This occupation is not on the following skills lists:

• 482 TSS Visa Short Term List
• 489 (S/T) Occupations List
• 482 TSS Visa Medium Term List
• 407 Training visa occupations list
• 482 TSS Visa Regional Occupation List
• 189 Skilled Independent and Family Sponsored 489 Occupations List
• 190 State/Territory Sponsored 
• 186 ENS Visa Occupations List
• 491 – Skilled Work Regional (provisional) visa (subclass 491) Occupation List

See if caveats apply to this occupation for an Australian visa here.

Skills Assessment Authority: VETASSESS

Group: 4513 Funeral Workers

Description

prepare bodies for viewing and burial, arrange and conduct funerals, and perform other specialist funereal services.

Tasks

• interviewing families and associates of the deceased to assist with funeral arrangements such as the selection of coffin, type of service and publication of death notices
• advising on funeral costs and welfare provisions
• collecting bodies from mortuaries
• ensuring death certificates have been issued, burial and cremation certificates processed and that other legal requirements are met
• preparing bodies for viewing and burial by washing, draining body fluids, applying padding and cosmetics, dressing bodies and placing them in coffins
• liaising with clergy and cemetery and crematorium staff
• coordinating the movement of coffins and funeral cars, arranging floral displays and collecting attendance and tribute cards
• 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
• may arrange the construction of memorials and the disposal of ashes

Skill Level

The occupation Funeral Director has a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below.
In Australia:
AQF Associate Degree, Advanced Diploma or Diploma (ANZSCO Skill Level 2)

In New Zealand:
NZ Register Diploma (ANZSCO Skill Level 2)

At least three years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications listed above. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.
Registration or licensing may be required.
The occupation Funeral Workers nec has a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below.
In Australia:
AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training, or AQF Certificate IV (ANZSCO Skill Level 3)

In New Zealand:
NZ Register Level 4 qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 3)

At least three years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications listed above. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.
Registration or licensing may be required.

Occupations in this Group

• 451311 Funeral Director
• 451399 Funeral Workers nec