Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a funeral services director can go next

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

Funeral services directors coordinate the logistics of funerals. They support the deceased family by arranging the details concerning the location, dates and times of memorial services. Funeral services directors contact representatives of the cemetery to prepare the site, plan transportation for the deceased person, advise on the types of memorials and legal requirements or paperwork. Funeral services directors organise the daily operations of the crematorium. They oversee the staff's activities in the crematorium and ensure that they deliver services according to legal requirements. They monitor the crematorium service revenue budget and develop and maintain operational rules within the crematorium.

Service and sales workers 45 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: embalmer, 63%

embalmer 63% covered cemetery attendant 45% covered hearse driver 34% covered housekeeping supervisor 21% covered beauty salon attendant 21% covered funeral services director You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from funeral services director. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a funeral services director already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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funeral services director 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 services director 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.