Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

cemetery attendanttoembalmer

A cemetery attendant already meets 29% of what the embalmer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From cemetery attendant
29%
Overlap1
To embalmer
8 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
66.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

29%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

66.1/ 100

1 Share of the embalmer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cemetery 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

Why this move works

A embalmer role treats 3 of its required skills as things a cemetery attendant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • cooperate with funeral directors
  • maintain inventory of tools
  • promote human rights

What stands in the way is 8 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 8 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 cemetery attendant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held cooperate with funeral directors communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held advise on funeral services communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held maintain inventory of tools information skills
  • already held promote human rights communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held administer appointments management skills
  • already held lift heavy weights handling and moving

All 8 carried skills, including the 3 the embalmer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 7 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 handling and moving 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • 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 transfer coffins optional
  • optional, not held clean rooms optional
  • optional, not held handle chemical cleaning agents optional
02 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held embalm bodies required
  • required, not held apply health and safety standards required
  • optional, not held provide directions to guests optional
03 management skills 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain professional administration required
  • optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
  • optional, not held assist with funeral planning optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held show diplomacy required
  • optional, not held prepare ceremonial locations optional
  • optional, not held assist police investigations optional
05 services 1 required
  • required, not held cosmetics required
06 health and welfare 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held dermasurgery techniques optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held cooperate with funeral directors skill
  • already held maintain inventory of tools skill
  • already held promote human rights skill
  • already held administer appointments skill
  • already held advise on funeral services skill
  • already held liaise with local authorities skill
  • already held lift heavy weights skill
  • already held work ergonomically skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held biology optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held dermasurgery techniques optional
  • optional, not held prepare ceremonial locations optional
  • optional, not held provide directions to guests optional
  • optional, not held transfer coffins 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 clean rooms optional
  • optional, not held handle chemical cleaning agents optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
18 held skills the embalmer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role affix memorial plaques skill
  • not needed by the target role assist in the placement of gravestones skill
  • not needed by the target role cost management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role greet guests skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain burial records skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain plant health skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain plant soil nutrition skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain turf and grass skill
  • not needed by the target role operate excavator skill
  • not needed by the target role operate landscaping equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role oversee maintenance work skill
  • not needed by the target role plant according to guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare graves skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare planting area skill
  • not needed by the target role provide visitor information skill
  • not needed by the target role prune plants skill
  • not needed by the target role relate empathetically skill
  • not needed by the target role train employees 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held cosmetics required
  • optional, not held dermasurgery techniques optional
  • optional, not held biology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from cemetery attendant

Full index of moves from cemetery attendant

Note

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.