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

embalmertocemetery attendant

A embalmer already meets 45% of what the cemetery attendant role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From embalmer
45%
Overlap1
To cemetery attendant
8 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
54.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

45%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

54.5/ 100

1 Share of the cemetery attendant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the embalmer 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 cemetery attendant role treats 6 of its required skills as things a embalmer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • administer appointments
  • advise on funeral services
  • cooperate with funeral directors
  • liaise with local authorities
  • maintain inventory of tools
  • promote human rights

What stands in the way is 3 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 cemetery attendant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a embalmer 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 6 the cemetery attendant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 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 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held maintain burial records required
  • required, not held prepare graves required
02 handling and moving 1 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held affix memorial plaques required
  • optional, not held assist in the placement of gravestones optional
  • optional, not held maintain plant health optional
  • optional, not held maintain plant soil nutrition optional
  • optional, not held maintain turf and grass optional
  • optional, not held prepare planting area optional
  • optional, not held prune plants optional
03 assisting and caring 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held plant according to guidelines optional
  • optional, not held greet guests optional
  • optional, not held provide visitor information optional
  • optional, not held relate empathetically optional
04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held operate excavator optional
  • optional, not held operate landscaping equipment optional
05 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held cost management optional
06 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held train employees optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a cemetery attendant 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 administer appointments skill
  • already held advise on funeral services skill
  • already held cooperate with funeral directors skill
  • already held liaise with local authorities skill
  • already held maintain inventory of tools skill
  • already held promote human rights skill
  • already held lift heavy weights skill
  • already held work ergonomically skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held oversee maintenance work optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assist in the placement of gravestones optional
  • optional, not held cost management optional
  • optional, not held maintain plant health optional
  • optional, not held maintain plant soil nutrition optional
  • optional, not held maintain turf and grass optional
  • optional, not held operate excavator optional
  • optional, not held operate landscaping equipment optional
  • optional, not held oversee maintenance work optional
  • optional, not held plant according to guidelines optional
  • optional, not held prepare planting area optional
  • optional, not held prune plants optional
  • optional, not held greet guests optional
  • optional, not held provide visitor information optional
  • optional, not held relate empathetically optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
19 held skills the cemetery attendant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply health and safety standards skill
  • not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role assist police investigations skill
  • not needed by the target role assist with funeral planning skill
  • not needed by the target role biology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role clean rooms skill
  • not needed by the target role cosmetics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role dermasurgery techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role dress bodies skill
  • not needed by the target role embalm bodies skill
  • not needed by the target role handle chemical cleaning agents skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain professional administration skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role move bodies of deceased persons skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare ceremonial locations skill
  • not needed by the target role provide directions to guests skill
  • not needed by the target role show diplomacy skill
  • not needed by the target role transfer coffins skill
  • not needed by the target role work with chemicals skill
1 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
  • optional, not held cost management optional
Index

Other moves recorded from embalmer

Full index of moves from embalmer

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.