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Since
the earliest of times, most people have held funeral ceremonies.
The dead have ritually been interred in pyramids, cremated
on burning pyres, and sunk beneath the oceans' waves. Even
today, funeral practices and rites vary greatly among various
cultures and religions.
Funeral
directors are also called morticians or undertakers.
Although this career does not appeal to everyone, the men
and women who work as funeral directors take great pride in
their ability to provide efficient and appropriate services
that give comfort to their customers.
Directors
arrange the details and handle the logistics of funerals.
They prepare obituary notices and have them placed in newspapers,
arrange for the religious ceremonies, schedule with the cemetery
the opening and closing of a grave or the crematorium the
burning of the pyre, decorate and prepare the sites of all
services, and provide for the transportation of the remains,
mourners, and flowers between sites.
Funeral
directors often work long, irregular hours. Funeral directors
occasionally come into contact with the remains of persons
who had contagious diseases, but the possibility of infection
is remote if strict health regulations are followed.
Important
personal traits for funeral directors are composure, tact,
and the ability to communicate easily with the public. They
also should have the desire and ability to comfort people
in their time of sorrow.
Employment
of funeral directors is expected to increase about as fast
as the average for all occupations through the year 2005.
Demand for funeral services will rise as the population grows,
and with it the number of deaths. The population is projected
to become older because the number of persons age 55 and over
is expected to increase significantly faster than the population
as a whole.
It's
been a trend for this profession to be family heritage and
gets passed on from one generation to the next. Now is the
time for this trend to break and for people from all backgrounds
to take up this new and exciting career. So if you feel you
have it in you to interact with dead bodies and alive emotions
of their loved ones this is the profession for you.
The
course fee is: Rs 2500 + 5% Service Charges
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"Funeral
Director!' - you might think "I have heard of film directors
but what is a Funeral Director?" Funeral directors do exist
and they do a very important job of organising a final journey
for the deceased.
