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The skills this job asks for, and the level for each.
69 skills listed by ESCO, 34 of them essential. 69 are in our skills list and linked; we measure a match on those. ESCO gives no levels, so we ask for level 3 on an essential skill and 2 on the rest.
Occupation: ISCO-08 occupations (International Labour Organization). Skills: This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission (v1.2.1, CC BY 4.0), modified by CareersMatch.
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Showing 10 of 69, essentials first. The table below lists them all.
| Skill | Type | Necessity | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| administer appointments | skill | essential | 3 |
| advise on funeral services | skill | essential | 3 |
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What this path asks for comes from O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0), through the official ISCO-08 to US occupation crosswalk. A competency is essential where O*NET rates it at least 3.5 of 5 in importance.
| affix memorial plaques |
| skill |
| essential |
| 3 |
| apply health and safety standards | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply organisational techniques | skill | essential | 3 |
| business knowledge | skill | essential | 3 |
| Communication | competency | essential | 3 |
| cooperate with funeral directors | skill | essential | 3 |
| cosmetics | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop organisational policies | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop professional network | skill | essential | 3 |
| dress bodies | skill | essential | 3 |
| embalm bodies | skill | essential | 3 |
| greet guests | skill | essential | 3 |
| liaise with local authorities | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain burial records | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain customer service | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain inventory of tools | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain personal hygiene standards | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain professional administration | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage budgets | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage financial aspects of a company | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage funeral equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage staff | skill | essential | 3 |
| move bodies of deceased persons | skill | essential | 3 |
| oversee cremations | skill | essential | 3 |
| prepare ceremonial locations | skill | essential | 3 |
| prepare graves | skill | essential | 3 |
| promote human rights | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide directions to guests | skill | essential | 3 |
| recruit employees | skill | essential | 3 |
| show diplomacy | skill | essential | 3 |
| train employees | skill | essential | 3 |
| transfer coffins | skill | essential | 3 |
| work with chemicals | skill | essential | 3 |
| Collaboration | competency | desirable | 3 |
| Adaptability | competency | desirable | 2 |
| analyse financial performance of a company | skill | desirable | 2 |
| apply business acumen | skill | desirable | 2 |
| assist in the placement of gravestones | skill | desirable | 2 |
| assist police investigations | skill | desirable | 2 |
| assist with funeral planning | skill | desirable | 2 |
| biology | skill | desirable | 2 |
| business management principles | skill | desirable | 2 |
| clean rooms | skill | desirable | 2 |
| control minor maintenance | skill | desirable | 2 |
| coordinate catering | skill | desirable | 2 |
| cost management | skill | desirable | 2 |
| dermasurgery techniques | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Digital Fluency | competency | desirable | 2 |
| drive vehicles in processions | skill | desirable | 2 |
| handle chemical cleaning agents | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Influence | competency | desirable | 2 |
| keep personal administration | skill | desirable | 2 |
| lift heavy weights | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain plant health | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain plant soil nutrition | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain turf and grass | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage emergency evacuation plans | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage maintenance operations | skill | desirable | 2 |
| operate cremation equipment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| operate excavator | skill | desirable | 2 |
| operate landscaping equipment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| oversee maintenance work | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform religious ceremonies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| plant according to guidelines | skill | desirable | 2 |
| prepare coffins for cremation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| prepare planting area | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Problem Solving and Critical Thinking | competency | desirable | 2 |
| provide emotional support to the bereaved | skill | desirable | 2 |
| provide visitor information | skill | desirable | 2 |
| prune plants | skill | desirable | 2 |
| relate empathetically | skill | desirable | 2 |
| respond to visitor complaints | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Self Management | competency | desirable | 2 |
| work ergonomically | skill | desirable | 2 |