Mortuary Tanatoprassi Services Operator

MORTUARY TANATOPRASSI SERVICES OPERATOR

LEVEL I

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS: LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL DIPLOMA

TRAINING DURATION: 400 HOURS

AWARDABLE QUALIFICATION: PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE DESCRIPTION

The mortuary tanatoprassi services operator carries out activities related to the preparation of the deceased for funeral rites. The courses are aimed at operators in cemetery services and enable them to obtain the required professional qualification, which is essential in order to establish a proper working relationship with funeral companies.

The professional qualification is fundamental both for self-employment and for work as an employee within companies in the sector.

TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

CORE MODULES:

• Promotion of equal opportunity conditions in the workplace and relevant regulations

• Basic notions of ecology and the environment, sustainable development, and any relevant sector-specific regulations

• Information technology and the web: theoretical knowledge and practical use of tools

• Prevention and protection regulations in the workplace (Legislative Decree 626/94 and subsequent amendments and additions)

• Basic notions of regulations on workers' rights and duties, also with reference to the methods and characteristics of standard and non-standard contracts. Collective bargaining

• Basic notions of the current tax system

• Basic notions of project financing: incentive laws, structural funds, self-employment

SPECIALIZATION MODULES:

• Funeral legislation

• Hygiene and health-related notions

• Preservation of the deceased

• Cosmetic treatment of the deceased

• Relations with bereaved families and the public