该小组履行以下部分或全部职责：

丧葬承办人

• 就殡仪服务的性质、遗体的处置和丧葬费用咨询死者家属
• 将遗体从死亡地点转移或安排转移至殡仪馆
• 告知幸存者他们可能有资格获得的福利
• 向报纸发布死亡通知
• 监督遗体准备、计划和安排葬礼服务、协调土葬和火化以及完成法律文件
• 与客户讨论和协商预先安排的葬礼
• 管理殡仪馆运营，包括雇用和指导员工、维护财务记录、准备账目和订购商品
• 监督防腐师、殡仪馆服务员和其他殡仪馆工作人员
• 可以执行与防腐剂相同的职责。

防腐剂

• 为葬礼服务保存、消毒和准备遗体
• 对人类遗骸进行美容和修复工作
• 监督殡仪馆服务员和其他殡仪馆工作人员。

• 防腐师需要在教育计划期间或之后完成两到三年的大学课程和十二到二十个月的实践学徒计划，或者完成三年的大学课程。
• 丧葬承办人通常需要在教育计划期间或之后完成一到两年的大学课程和十二到二十个月的实践学徒计划。
• 大多数省份和地区的丧葬承办人都需要执照。
• 根据省级要求，葬礼承办人可能需要获得许可的防腐剂。
• 防腐剂在所有省份都需要执照。

• 丧亲咨询师（在41301 咨询和相关专业治疗 中的治疗师）
• 殡仪馆服务员（65329 其他服务支持职业）
• 丧葬服务总经理（00014高级经理-贸易、广播和其他服务）

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

Funeral directors

• Consult with the family of the deceased regarding the nature of the funeral service, the disposition of the remains and funeral costs
• Transfer, or arrange for the transfer of, the remains from the place of death to the funeral home
• Inform survivors of benefits for which they may be eligible
• Issue death notices to newspapers
• Oversee the preparation of the remains, plan and schedule funeral services, coordinate burials and cremations and complete legal documents
• Discuss and negotiate prearranged funerals with clients
• Manage funeral home operations including hiring and directing staff, maintaining financial records, preparing accounts and ordering merchandise
• Supervise embalmers, funeral home attendants and other funeral home staff
• May perform same duties as embalmers.

Embalmers

• Preserve, sanitize and prepare human remains for funeral services
• Perform cosmetic and restorative work on human remains
• Supervise funeral home attendants and other funeral home staff.

• Completion of a two- to three-year college program and a twelve- to twenty-month practical apprenticeship program during or following the educational program or completion of a three-year college program is required for embalmers.
• Completion of a one- to two-year college program and a twelve- to twenty-month practical apprenticeship program during or following the educational program is usually required for funeral directors.
• Funeral directors require licensure in most provinces and territories.
• Funeral directors may be required to be licensed embalmers depending on provincial requirements.
• Embalmers require licensure in all provinces.

• Bereavement counsellor (in 41301 Therapists in counselling and related specialized therapies )
• Funeral home attendant (in 65329 Other service support occupations)
• Funeral services general manager (in 00014 Senior managers - trade, broadcasting and other services)