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Where a cemetery attendant can go next

4 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a cemetery attendant already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Cemetery attendants maintain the cemetery ground in good condition. They ensure the graves are ready for burial prior to funerals and ensure accurate burial records. Cemetery attendants offer advice to funeral services directors and the general public.

Also known as burial site attendant, burial site worker, burial ground worker, cemetery worker, cemetery labourer, graveyard attendant, churchyard attendant, undertaker's helper, burial grounds custodian, burial ground attendant, graves digger, graveyard worker.

Service and sales workers 26 skills on file 4 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: funeral attendant, 32%

Fig. 2 · Career map 4 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
funeral attendant 32% covered embalmer 29% covered funeral services director 24% covered garden labourer 18% covered cemetery attendant You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 4 nearest destinations from cemetery attendant, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a cemetery attendant already covers. All 4 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 4 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A cemetery attendant needs 9 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • affix memorial plaques handling and moving
  • maintain burial records information skills
  • prepare graves information skills
  • cooperate with funeral directors communication, collaboration and creativity
  • advise on funeral services communication, collaboration and creativity
  • maintain inventory of tools information skills
  • promote human rights communication, collaboration and creativity
  • administer appointments management skills
  • liaise with local authorities communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a cemetery attendant does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Cemetery attendant is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a cemetery attendant’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.