Funeral Worker
What the work is
Assists in the preparation of funerals and maintenance of funeral venues.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Assists Funeral Directors to plan, coordinate and run funeral services
- Sets up and decorates the funeral venue
- Transports the deceased to and from funeral homes, hospitals and other locations
- Cleans and maintains funeral homes and equipment
- May assist in preparing the deceased for viewing, burial or cremation
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a family-run funeral home and the gardens where celebrants hold ceremonies, in a fictional town. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A family tells you the service was exactly how their father would have wanted it
- A wedding in a park comes together with sunshine, laughter and a couple who are visibly happy
- You find the right words for a family who could not find any of their own
Hard days
- Sitting with a family on the worst day of their year
- Being on call at night, on weekends and on holidays when others are celebrating
- Two relatives disagreeing about the service, with you caught in the middle
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 461333, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.