Other Funeral Service Training (London) progammes

Post-Qualification Seminar

Being acquainted with legal, procedural and related matters is essential for the modern funeral director. Designed for those who have obtained the Diploma in Funeral Directing prior to the last five years, this (one day/morning) seminar gives an opportunity to keep abreast of recent developments.

Location: class based in central London

First Offices, Manual Handling & Pathogenic Transfer

A two-day practical workshop essential for those responsible for caring for the deceased

Location: Venue to be advised

Conducting the funeral – a workshop

A one-day practical workshop looking at all aspects of funeral conducting. Essential for those intending to conduct funeral.

Location: to be advised

Other services available...

  CPD Advice and guidance

As experienced and registered tutors of the BIFD, the course team is available for personal advice and guidance on all aspects of funeral service training and education.

·        Personnel assessment

·        Assistance with completion of BIFD CPD form

·        Advice on CPD opportunities – training programmes and events, supervised research, etc

The Summary of Requirements are as follows:

Currently, Members of the Institute holding a Licence are required to undertake Continuing Professional Development (CPD). The CPD year runs from 1^st January to 31^st December and a Licensed Member is required to achieve two hours of CPD in each year.

Licensed Members may suspend the CPD requirements, whilst they are not practising, through illness or maternity leave, or they are unemployed. It is not necessary to make an application for suspension to the Institute, however, the reason for the suspension and the dates should be entered onto the Personal Record Sheet.

 Activities acceptable to meet the requirements

In order to meet the Institute’s requirements, all activities must be at an appropriate level and contribute to the funeral director’s professional skill and knowledge. The following are examples of the types of activities, which would meet the requirements:

1.      Participation (ie preparing (providing it entail research), delivering and/or attending) complete talks/courses of at least 30 minutes in length, which are of particular relevance and benefit to an individual’s area of work.

2.      Writing books or articles for journals, which are of particular relevance to the funeral profession.

3.      Research, which is of use beyond the individual’s own circumstances and results in the production of written guidance (which can be produced upon request).

4.      Production of a dissertation counting towards a qualification recognised by the Institute’s Education Committee.

5.      Distance learning courses, delivered and received by correspondence, video and audio cassettes, television or radio broadcasts and computer based learning programmes, provided there is provision for the answering of enquires or for discussion.

6.      Participating in the development of specialist areas of funeral practice by attending meetings of specialist committees and/or working parties of relevant competent bodies undertaking such work.

7.      Work towards the achievement of an NVQ in any area relating to the funeral business and at any level.

(From BIFD Journal Volume 15 No3 p7)

Tailor-designed training programmes

We will be happy to discuss In-house programmes which can be designed according to organizational requirements.

Forthcoming programme (March 2003)

General course information

•         All courses are certificated. On receipt of a course evaluation sheet a certificate will be forwarded.

•         Carefully prepared and researched notes for available for most programmes

•         A location map and full travel instructions will be provided for each programme.

•         All programmes represent value for money training.

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