Funeral Director - ANZSCO 451311

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

Funeral Director may perform the following 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

Are you Eligible to Live and Work in Australia as a Funeral Director?

Funeral Director is classified as Group C occupations by Vetassess. The criteria for skills assessment of Group C occupations are the following :

• Qualification(s) assessed at least AQF Diploma level with a highly relevant field of study and at least one year of post qualification highly relevant employment in the last five years; Or
• Qualification(s) assessed at least AQF Diploma level with an additional qualification at least AQF Certificate IV in a highly relevant field of study and at least one year of post-qualification highly relevant employment in the last five years; Or
• Qualification(s) assessed at least AQF Diploma level without a highly relevant field of study and at least two years of post-qualification highly relevant employment in the last five years;

According to Vetassess, if you have pre-qualification employment and if all of your employment is before your qualification assessed at the AQF diploma level, three years of highly relevant employment in addition to at least one year of highly relevant employment completed in the last five years.

If you wish to check your eligibility to migrate permanently to Australia as a Funeral Director, please fill out the below assessment form. The assessment is free. After submitting the form, a registered migration consultant will look into the information and advise you of the outcome of the assessment via your email address.