funeral attendanttoembalmer
A funeral attendant already meets 27% of what the embalmer role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
27%
67.4/ 100
1 Share of the embalmer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the funeral attendant profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A embalmer role treats 2 of its required skills as things a funeral attendant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- promote human rights
- show diplomacy
What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A embalmer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a funeral attendant background worth leading with.
- already held advise on funeral services communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held prepare ceremonial locations communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held transfer coffins handling and moving
- already held provide directions to guests assisting and caring
- already held clean rooms handling and moving
- already held promote human rights communication, collaboration and creativity
All 9 carried skills, including the 2 the embalmer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held move bodies of deceased persons required
- required, not held dress bodies required
- required, not held work with chemicals required
- optional, not held handle chemical cleaning agents optional
- required, not held embalm bodies required
- required, not held apply health and safety standards required
- required, not held maintain professional administration required
- optional, not held administer appointments optional
- optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
- optional, not held assist with funeral planning optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
- required, not held cooperate with funeral directors required
- optional, not held assist police investigations optional
- optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
- required, not held maintain inventory of tools required
- required, not held cosmetics required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a embalmer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 move bodies of deceased persons skill · occupation specific
- 02 cooperate with funeral directors skill · sector specific
- 03 cosmetics knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 9 skills that carry over
- already held promote human rights skill
- already held show diplomacy skill
- already held advise on funeral services skill
- already held clean rooms skill
- already held lift heavy weights skill
- already held prepare ceremonial locations skill
- already held provide directions to guests skill
- already held transfer coffins skill
- already held work ergonomically skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held dermasurgery techniques optional
- optional, not held biology optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held dermasurgery techniques optional
- optional, not held administer appointments optional
- optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
- optional, not held assist police investigations optional
- optional, not held assist with funeral planning optional
- optional, not held biology optional
- optional, not held handle chemical cleaning agents optional
- optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
7 held skills the embalmer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role drive vehicles in processions skill
- not needed by the target role greet guests skill
- not needed by the target role maintain customer service skill
- not needed by the target role maintain personal hygiene standards skill
- not needed by the target role manage funeral equipment skill
- not needed by the target role provide emotional support to the bereaved skill
- not needed by the target role relate empathetically skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held cosmetics required
- optional, not held dermasurgery techniques optional
- optional, not held biology optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.