SIFEMWK001 Encoffin deceased persons

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SIFEMWK001 Encoffin deceased persons

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

ELEMENTS	PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
Elements describe the essential outcomes.	Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.
1. Prepare to encoffin the deceased person.	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.
2. Encoffin the deceased person.	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.
3. Clean up.	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.

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