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

embalmertofuneral services director

A embalmer already meets 41% of what the funeral services director role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From embalmer
41%
Overlap1
To funeral services director
17 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
62.6 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 62.6

This move: 62.6 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the funeral services director 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A funeral services director 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 dress bodies handling and moving
  • already held embalm bodies assisting and caring
  • already held assist with funeral planning management skills
  • 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

All 17 carried skills, including the 9 the funeral services director role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 28 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 management skills 5 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held develop organisational policies required
  • required, not held maintain personal hygiene standards required
  • required, not held manage budgets required
  • required, not held manage financial aspects of a company required
  • required, not held recruit employees required
  • optional, not held apply business acumen optional
  • optional, not held coordinate catering optional
  • optional, not held manage maintenance operations optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held develop professional network required
  • required, not held maintain customer service required
  • required, not held train employees required
  • optional, not held manage emergency evacuation plans optional
  • optional, not held perform religious ceremonies optional
  • optional, not held respond to visitor complaints optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held greet guests required
  • optional, not held provide emotional support to the bereaved optional
  • optional, not held provide visitor information optional
  • optional, not held relate empathetically optional
04 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held oversee cremations required
  • optional, not held analyse financial performance of a company optional
  • optional, not held keep personal administration optional
05 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held business knowledge required
  • optional, not held business management principles optional
06 handling and moving 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held prepare coffins for cremation optional
  • optional, not held manage funeral equipment optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a funeral services director 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 17 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held administer appointments skill
  • already held advise on funeral services skill
  • already held apply health and safety standards skill
  • already held apply organisational techniques skill
  • already held manage staff skill
  • already held prepare ceremonial locations skill
  • already held promote human rights skill
  • already held provide directions to guests skill
  • already held show diplomacy skill
  • already held assist with funeral planning skill
  • already held dress bodies skill
  • already held embalm bodies skill
  • already held liaise with local authorities skill
  • already held maintain inventory of tools skill
  • already held maintain professional administration skill
  • already held transfer coffins skill
  • already held work ergonomically skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held operate cremation equipment optional
  • optional, not held drive vehicles in processions optional
08 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held control minor maintenance optional
17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held operate cremation equipment optional
  • optional, not held prepare coffins for cremation optional
  • optional, not held drive vehicles in processions optional
  • optional, not held manage funeral equipment optional
  • optional, not held provide emotional support to the bereaved optional
  • optional, not held analyse financial performance of a company optional
  • optional, not held apply business acumen optional
  • optional, not held business management principles optional
  • optional, not held control minor maintenance optional
  • optional, not held coordinate catering optional
  • optional, not held keep personal administration optional
  • optional, not held manage emergency evacuation plans optional
  • optional, not held manage maintenance operations optional
  • optional, not held perform religious ceremonies optional
  • optional, not held provide visitor information optional
  • optional, not held relate empathetically optional
  • optional, not held respond to visitor complaints optional
10 held skills the funeral services director role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assist police investigations skill
  • not needed by the target role biology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role clean rooms skill
  • not needed by the target role cooperate with funeral directors skill
  • not needed by the target role cosmetics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role dermasurgery techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role handle chemical cleaning agents skill
  • not needed by the target role lift heavy weights skill
  • not needed by the target role move bodies of deceased persons skill
  • not needed by the target role work with chemicals skill
2 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 business knowledge required
  • optional, not held business management principles 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.