Donovan Ask
Funeral Director Apprentice
Delta,BC
Summary
Caring Funeral Director Apprentice driven to deliver exceptional and professional service to families in need. Committed to coordinating funeral services and offerings seamlessly to simplify funeral and burial process for grieving families. Devoted Funeral Director Apprentice with experience in industry and talent for consoling bereaved families. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level Funeral Director Apprentice position. Ready to help team achieve company goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Funeral Director/ Embalmer Apperentice
Ocean View Funeral Home
06.2023 - 07.2023
- Displayed highest level of professionalism and sensitivity when dealing with grieving family members.
- Was being mentored during funeral/memorial arrangements for grieving families to meet custom services for their loved one.
- Performed all duties required by funeral home except when license was needed. Placing. Cosmetics. Setting up services for viewings for many different faiths. Secured caskets, lead funeral processions to places of worship and burial sites.
- Discussed nature of funeral services.
- Transferring of decedents for international travel.
- Urn transfers.
- Floral arrangements
- First calls
- Communication between place of passing with location, morgue, family and funeral home.
- Setting up for viewings, service and receptions.
- Arranging staff or services. Coach. Limo. Flower van. Amount of staff needed for service.
- Promoted funeral service merchandise such as caskets, urns, outer burial containers and flowers.
- Arranged transportation between sites for remains, mourners, pallbearers and members of clergy.
- Liaised between hospitals, physicians, county coroner and members of clergy to coordinate final arrangements.
- Secured positive customer testimonials by delivering superb client service.
- Completed death certificates, burial permits and other legal documents for families.
- Coordinated transportation of remains between medical facilities, funeral home and burial locations.
- Supported grieving loved ones through difficult time and aided with details such as obituary notice wording.
- Arranged clergy, music and other service details for clients.
- Improved appearance of remains with use of cosmetics.
Funeral Director/ Embalmer Apprentice
Glenhaven Funeral Chapel
04.2023 - 06.2023
- Displayed highest level of professionalism and sensitivity when dealing with grieving family members.
- Picked up deceased at private homes, hospitals and county morgues.
- Arranged funeral/memorial services for grieving families to meet budget and memorialized instructions.
- Closed and secured caskets and led funeral corteges to churches and burial sites.
Funeral Director/ Embalmer Apprentice
Bell & Burnaby Funeral Chapel
08.2022 - 04.2023
- Improved appearance of remains with use of cosmetics.
- Setting up capel for viewings
- Prayers in church night before service
- Errands required by funeral home.
- First calls
- Cleaning of funeral home.
- Making sure all coaches were cleaned and disinfected
- Being mentored by funeral directors
- Sitting in on arrangements for education
- Assisting on most services in many positions
Funeral Attendant
Personal Care Centre
11.2021 - 08.2022
- Arranged floral tributes and lights around caskets in visitation rooms and chapels.
- Welcomed families and visitors into facility and guided into appropriate visitation rooms or chapel.
- Prepared facilities for funeral visitations and memorial services, arranging chairs and flower arrangements and setting up sign-in books and memorial cards.
- Drove company vehicles to transport remains or families to services.
- Transported caskets from morgue to reserved rooms to prepare caskets for viewing.
- Carried flowers to hearses or limousines for transportation to churches and places of interment.
- Transferred cremated remains from temporary urns to permanent urns to release cremated remains to families.
- Set up flowers, opened and closed caskets and acted as pallbearer.
- Supported funeral director with all facets of funeral service coordination.
- Transported deceased to funeral home.
- Greeted funeral guests and coordinated seating.
- Carried flowers to hearses or limousines for transportation to places of interment.
Education
GED -
Ecole Secondaire Lacombe Composite High School
Lacombe, AB07.1993
Skills
- Burial Coordination
- Marketing Materials
- Advanced Arrangements
- Professional Correspondence
- Staff Scheduling
- Proper Phone Etiquette
- Legal Documentation
- Customer Response
- Cremation Urns
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Pricing Structures
- Dressing and Casketing
- Work Orders
- Funeral Home Services
- Cosmetic Procedures
- Customer Education
- Remains Preparation
- Payment Collection
- Office Cleaning
- Regulatory Compliance
- Floral Design
- Guest Ushering
Languages
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Funeral Director/ Embalmer Apperentice
Ocean View Funeral Home
06.2023 - 07.2023
Funeral Director/ Embalmer Apprentice
Glenhaven Funeral Chapel
04.2023 - 06.2023
Funeral Director/ Embalmer Apprentice
Bell & Burnaby Funeral Chapel
08.2022 - 04.2023
Funeral Attendant
Personal Care Centre
11.2021 - 08.2022
GED -
Ecole Secondaire Lacombe Composite High School
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