Unit of competency details
SIFEMWK001 - Encoffin deceased persons (Release 1)
Summary
Usage recommendation:
Current
Releases:
| 1 1 (this release) |
21/Jun/2013 |
Companion volumes:
Unit of competency
Assessment requirements
Training packages that include this unit
Qualifications that include this unit
Classifications
Classification history
| ASCED Module/Unit of Competency Field of Education Identifier | 110399 | Personal Services, N.e.c. | 01/Nov/2013 | |
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Unit of competency
Modification History
Not applicable.
Application
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to prepare and encoffin deceased persons safely. It applies to funeral home staff working autonomously with a reasonable level of responsibility according to work health and safety, relevant legislation and workplace policies and procedures.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Competency Field
Mortuary Work and Embalming
Unit Sector
Embalming
Elements and Performance Criteria
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ELEMENTS
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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
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Elements describe the essential outcomes.
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Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.
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1. Prepare to encoffin the deceased person.
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1.1 Identify and prepare encoffining area and appropriate instruments, equipment and lifting device.
1.2 Prepare and use personal protective equipment.
1.3 Identify correct coffin or casket and check for serviceability and correct preparation, including appropriately engraved name plate, special handles or customising and accessories.
1.4 Identify and assess considerations for encoffining the deceased person.
1.5 Check identity of the deceased person against nameplate and encoffining instructions.
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2. Encoffin the deceased person.
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2.1 Apply manual handling procedures to lift the deceased person into coffin or casket.
2.2 Arrange the deceased person in coffin or casket according to work instructions and social, religious or cultural requirements.
2.3 Undertake final check of presentation and arrangement of the deceased person and make adjustments as required.
2.4 Seal or close coffin or casket according to work instructions.
2.5 Secure nameplate and trimming accessories and undertake final check for presentation and accuracy.
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3. Clean up.
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3.1 Dispose of waste material according to workplace policies and procedures.
3.2 Clean and store instruments and equipment according to workplace policies and procedures.
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Foundation Skills
This section describes those language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills that are essential to performance.
Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.
Unit Mapping Information
SIFMWK001A Encoffin the deceased person.
Links
Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=c2c3131e-4418-4aa3-8ff1-a855c95f7fd6
Assessment requirements
Modification History
Not applicable.
Performance Evidence
Evidence of the ability to:
- identify and correctly encoffin a deceased person safely and appropriately according to work health and safety/occupational health and safety procedures and work instructions
- apply safe manual handling techniques in lifting the deceased.
Evidence of performance of encoffining deceased persons on two or more occasions is required to demonstrate consistency of performance and ability to respond to different situations.
Knowledge Evidence
Demonstrated knowledge of:
- instruments and equipment used for encoffining deceased persons, including mechanical and manual lifting devices
- use and maintenance of personal protective equipment
- considerations required for encoffining, including:
- general body condition
- type of coffin or casket
- size and weight of the deceased person
- place of viewing
- full body or partial viewing
- social, cultural and religious requirements
- manual handling procedures for the following:
- single person lift
- multiple person lift
- assisted with mechanical lifting device
- assisted with manual lifting device
- federal, state or territory, and local government legislation and regulations that impact on encoffining deceased persons including work health and safety/occupational health and safety, infection control and handling human remains
- workplace policies and procedures in regard to encoffining deceased persons
- funeral services industry parameters and protocols when dealing with the deceased.
Assessment Conditions
Skills must be demonstrated in a funeral home or mortuary workplace:
- using suitable equipment and resources, including:
- deceased bodies
- coffins and caskets, encoffining equipment and personal protective equipment
- under industry operating conditions where there is:
- integration of tasks with possible interruptions to work typical of the job role
- speed and timing requirements that reflect commercial operating conditions
Assessors must satisfy the NVR/AQTF mandatory competency requirements for assessors.
Links
Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=c2c3131e-4418-4aa3-8ff1-a855c95f7fd6
