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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.

Also known as crematorium supervisor, funeral home worker, mortician, cemetery caretaker, crematorium operator, bereavement manager, cemetery manager, crematorium technician, burial ground custodian, funeral director.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
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
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from funeral services director, 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 funeral services director already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A funeral services director needs 20 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • oversee cremations information skills
  • manage financial aspects of a company management skills
  • advise on funeral services communication, collaboration and creativity
  • business knowledge business, administration and law
  • prepare ceremonial locations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • provide directions to guests assisting and caring
  • maintain personal hygiene standards management skills
  • promote human rights communication, collaboration and creativity
  • show diplomacy communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop organisational policies management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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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.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a funeral services director’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.