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GERRIT SCHULDT

Para and Assistant Funeral Director
Vancouver,B.C.
GERRIT SCHULDT

Summary

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with importance to detail and quality of service with a positive attitude. Willingness to help and take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level dental assistant position. Empathetic personality with 4 years of experience assisting in funeral services in maintaining, sanitizing viewing rooms and facilities including company vehicles and planning and execution of roles in services as family representative as pallbearer, hosting receptions as well as front door attendant of funeral home, including data entry, file research and associative office and clerical work.

Accommodating and efficient professional committed to cultivating comfortable environment for families by providing superior care with personal touch. A team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to learn new tasks and handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of detail and accuracy.

Punctual, reliable, trustworthy in holding respect of working colleagues.

Overview

5
years of professional experience

Work History

Richmond Funeral Home (Arbor Inc.)
Richmond, British Columbia

Para Funeral Services
2023.Jul - Current (2 education.years_Label & 2 education.months_Label)

Job overview

  • Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
  • Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • Passionate about learning and committed to continual improvement.
  • Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
  • Paid attention to detail while completing assignments.
  • Worked flexible hours across night, weekend and holiday shifts.
  • Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
  • Cultivated interpersonal skills by building positive relationships with others.

Rideau Funeral Home (Arbor Inc.)
Dollard-des-Ormeaux, QC

Assistant Funeral Director
08.2022 - 07.2023

Job overview

  • Provided administrative support to funeral home staff.
  • Greeted funeral guests and coordinated seating.
  • Carried flowers to hearses or limousines for transportation to churches and places of interment.
  • Set up flowers, opened and closed caskets and acted as pallbearer.
  • Provided personal assistance, emotional support and personal care to clients.
  • Supported funeral director with all facets of funeral service coordination.
  • Prepared facilities for funeral visitations and memorial services, arranging chairs and flower arrangements and setting up sign-in books and memorial cards.
  • Transferred cremated remains from temporary urns to permanent urns to release cremated remains to families.
  • Transported deceased to funeral home.
  • Assisted in transporting of caskets from morgue to reserved rooms to prepare caskets for viewing.
  • Carried flowers to hearses or limousines for transportation to places of interment.
  • Welcomed families and visitors into facility and guided into appropriate visitation rooms or chapel.
  • Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
  • Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
  • Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
  • Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • Passionate about learning and committed to continual improvement.
  • Worked flexible hours across night, weekend and holiday shifts.
  • Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
  • Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
  • Cultivated interpersonal skills by building positive relationships with others.

D.L.B. Protection Services

Pallbearer
06.2019 - Current

Job overview

  • Delivered services to customer locations within specific timeframes.
  • Proven ability to develop and implement creative solutions to complex problems.
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
  • Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in team environment.
  • Completed general labor tasks such as loading and unloading coffins, cleaning up job sites of operating descents.

La Corporation Cimetière Saint-Eustache

Cemetery Caretaker
04.2021 - 10.2021

Job overview

  • Maintained garden area, sidewalks, public walkways of large cemetery.
  • Preparation of Urn and or Coffin burial plot digs.
  • Monitored and evaluated condition of trees, shrubs, lawns and flowerbeds.
  • Prepared soil for planting and sowing.
  • Cut trees and shrubs to shape and maintain landscape.
  • Performed weeding by hand or with garden hoe.
  • Pruned shrubs and low trees to improve growth habit or remove damaged branches.
  • Utilized power tools and landscaping machines to maintain outdoor areas.
  • Applied fertilizers and pesticides to outdoor areas according to safety standards.
  • Removed debris and waste from outdoor areas.
  • Assisted with irrigation system maintenance and repair.
  • Performed equipment maintenance and repairs to keep tools functional for projects.
  • Trimmed greenery, shrubs, and hedges to maintain uniform appearance.
  • Installed stonework according to landscape design plan and client specifications.
  • Reconciled cash drawer at start and end of each shift, accounting for errors, and resolving discrepancies

Personal Home Health

Home Care Provider
04.2020 - 06.2020

Job overview

  • Helped clients maintain optimal health by overseeing medication administration and doctor's appointments.
  • Reported unusual or urgent circumstances in patients' condition or environment immediately to nurse supervisor.
  • Provided mobility assistance such as walking and regular exercising.
  • Offered patients and families emotional support and instruction in preparing healthy meals, independent living, and adaptation to disability or illness.
  • Encouraged patients to participate in safe physical activity to help boost mood and improve overall wellness.
  • Followed nutritional plans to prepare optimal meals.
  • Helped patients safely transition between sleeping surfaces and mobility assistance such as wheelchairs by providing consistent support.
  • Assisted patients with handling daily chores and errands by transporting to appointments, cleaning personal spaces, and purchasing supplies.
  • Assisted patients with dressing, grooming and feeding needs, helping to overcome, and adapt to mobility restrictions.
  • Provided transportation and appointments management.
  • Administered medication as directed by physician.
  • Performed laundry, grocery shopping and other light housekeeping duties as instructed by client.

Education

Lake of Two Mountains High
Deux-montagnes

General Secondary High School from General Studies
06.1983

University Overview

Skills

Efficiency in customer satisfaction

Empathy

Quick learner to office duties and computer literate

  • Equipment Maintenance
  • Waste Reduction
  • Preparing Shipments
  • Quality Inspections
  • Customer Satisfaction
  • Packing and Scanning
  • Inventory Replenishment
  • Analytical and Critical Thinking
  • Self-Motivated
  • Planning and Coordination
  • Active Listening
  • Multitasking Abilities
  • Maintenance and Repair
  • Good Telephone Etiquette
  • Data Entry
  • Training and Development
  • Problem-Solving
  • Flexible and Adaptable
  • PPE Compliance
  • Organization and Time Management

Accomplishments

Accomplishments

Adaptation to combine customer satisfaction, comfort, empathy fulfilling family requirements in times of grief.

Languages

English
Professional Working
French
Professional Working
German
Native or Bilingual
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Quote

Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.
Winston S. Churchill

Timeline

Para Funeral Services
Richmond Funeral Home (Arbor Inc.)
2023.Jul - Current (2 education.years_Label & 2 education.months_Label)
Assistant Funeral Director
Rideau Funeral Home (Arbor Inc.)
08.2022 - 07.2023
Cemetery Caretaker
La Corporation Cimetière Saint-Eustache
04.2021 - 10.2021
Home Care Provider
Personal Home Health
04.2020 - 06.2020
Pallbearer
D.L.B. Protection Services
06.2019 - Current
Lake of Two Mountains High
General Secondary High School from General Studies
GERRIT SCHULDTPara and Assistant Funeral Director