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Training
Hour Credits Recently Approved for Upcoming Seminars
Training Hour Credits approved for upcoming Seminars are detailed on the
following page.........(continued)
Registration
forms for seminars approved for Training Hour Credits are detailed (where
applicable) on the following page.........(continued)
History
of Funeral Services Qualifications in New Zealand
To
begin to understand our present funeral services qualifications we need
to take a look at our history and the development of education and training
arising from the need to provide a service to individual families, our
community and nation..........(continued)
Today's
Qualifications in Funeral Services
Training and education to achieve Funeral Service Industry
qualifications is normally through full-time emploument in the industry,
combined with formal study. Formal training programmes are provided by
WelTec.
There are currently two qualifications registered on the New Zealand Qualification Authority (NZQA) framework for Funeral Services, they are:
Entry Requirements
The nature of the work in Funeral Directing and Embalming means that the
people employed in this field require a degree of maturity and must be
certain that this career is for them. For this reason students must normally
be at least 20 years of age before commencing the formal training programme.
Intending students must be employees of funeral/embalming companies and have at least one year's relevant employment in the industry before commening the formal training programme. Normally for the National Diploma in Embalming, this will mean that they have had at least one year relevant experience in the practice of embalming.
There are no minimum adademic entry requirements for either programme, but the applicants must demonstrate that they have a reasonable likelihood of success. This will be ascertained during the period of employment prior to enrolment on the formal training programme.