FSRV 1030 Funeral Service Management and Directing

Recognizing the wide variation of funeral customs across the country, the curriculum guideline attempts to point out some general practices that contain minimal geographic and cultural differences. Topics include: FTC rules overview; notification of death; transfer of remains; conduct of the arrangement conference; prefunded or preplanned funerals; a cross-section of religious practices; fraternal and military funerals; shipment of remains; cremation; and aftercare as well as the basics of merchandising in the funeral profession considering both service and merchandise as the products provided by funeral service practitioners