Stratford's funeral school can help you learn more about different types of funeral jobs. Unlike other funeral schools, Stratford's distance learning methods let you study at home, at a pace that is most comfortable for you. Our in-depth curriculum can help prepare you for a number of funeral jobs.
Funeral Service Education Module 1
Funeral Service Administration:
· The function of the funeral director
· Providing social, emotional and legal support
· The history of funeral services
· Cultural traditions and religious rites
· Non-religious funeral services
· Attitudes and customs for cremation
· Methods of final disposition
· Legal requirements and issues for the Funeral Director
· Communication with the public, the coroner, and the police
· Interactions with the bereaved
· General funeral arrangements
· Administration of the funeral home
Funeral Service Education Module 2
The Funeral Service Professional:
· Qualities of successful funeral service professionals
· Duties, responsibilities and funeral day tasks
· An overview of the funeral home
· Taking the death call and removing the deceased
· An overview of the cemetery
· Caskets and burial vaults
· Selling funeral products
· Writing death notices
· Pre-need sales
· Trends versus traditions
Funeral Service Education Module 3
Ethics, Sociology and Grief Counseling:
· A survey of common ethical issues
· The sociology of funeral practices
· The process of grief
· The nature and process of mourning
· Helping people in mourning
· Professional resources for helping mourners in need
· Grief, ritual and ethnicity
· Bereavement and children
· Responding to problematic client behaviors
Funeral Service Education Module 4
Managing the Funeral Home:
· The general price list
· Alternative price lists for special groups
· Credit regulations and management
· The concept of discretion
· Managing the finances
· Managing the product and the facility
· Managing advertising and public relations
· Public relations and community participation
· Ordering and displaying merchandise
Funeral Service Education Module 5
Overview of the Theory of Embalming:
· Social, psychological and ethical considerations
· Fundamentals of embalming
· Personal and public health considerations
· Embalming chemicals
· Embalming vessel sites and selections
· Embalming analysis
· Preparation of the body prior to arterial injection
· Distribution and diffusion of arterial solution
· Injection and drainage techniques
· Cavity embalming
· Preparation of autopsied bodies
· Preparation of organ and tissue donors
· Delayed embalming
· Moisture and vascular considerations
· Effect of drugs on the embalming process
· The history and origins of embalming
· Restorative art and mortuary cosmetology |
We take great pride in providing you with the most up-to-date funeral jobs textbooks and equipment. One or more of the above-mentioned subjects may, therefore, change if updating becomes necessary during the course of learning more about funeral jobs. The order in which the material is presented may vary.
This program is specifically designed to serve as an introduction or enhancement of the theoretical knowledge required for the vocational application of this subject. It is intended to help individuals in the furtherance of their vocational training and is not intended as a substitute for licensing or certification requirements, which may include an apprenticeship or additional training, as required by law.
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| I thought that the course material was very thorough. I learned a great deal as each module became more difficult. I enjoy working at my own pace and appreciated the textbooks. — K.A. - Ontario |
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| Your program was very sufficient for my purposes. Also my employer feels the same. — R.W. - Texas |
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