RecordOccupation

Where a funeral attendant can go next

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

Funeral attendants lift and carry coffins prior and during the funeral service, placing it in the chapel and into the cemetery. They handle floral offerings around the coffin, direct mourners and assist with storing the equipment after the funeral.

Highest coverage recorded: 44%
Destinations: 5each with a full record
Within reach: 1difficulty under 55
Skills on file: 16required or supplementary

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

hearse driver 44% covered · difficulty 49.4

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Index

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funeral 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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a funeral attendant already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.