Funeral Arranger Review

My role as a funeral arranger- I take part in funeral arrangements, Looking after the deceased's in the chapel of rest. I am also sometimes required to help out with back of house duty's, sometimes to help out on funerals if needed. My role can be very demanding but equally rewarding.

I have developed a lot of skills throughout my time at the Coop, before I started I had no experience in funeral care. Throughout my three years at the coop I would say I am not a very confident funeral arranger and I could also step into other roles with a brief knowledge if needed.

I really enjoy my work, its a very rewarding job. With regards to my apprenticeship some parts of it I really enjoyed such as the woodland burials, repatriation etc. Other parts of it I found very boring and struggled to enjoy such as the legal side of things. I would recommend people done it for the experience.

I felt my tutor was very well organised, she was always on hand to help me and nothing was a problem. She explained everything to me and in lots of detail. I did however feel like some of the work was repetitive and not very interesting, I found this made me not want to do it even though I knew it needed completed.

I found that sometimes my workload out weighed my apprenticeship and there wasn't enough hours in the working day to complete my apprenticeship work. So a lot of the time I was doing work from home or coming into the office early to catch up on my apprenticeship work.

I found my tutor was 100 % supportive, she was always on hand to answer text or emails and always came back to me to double check I understand everything. I found her very approachable and really wanted me to do well. I really appreciated the support throughout the process. She also would continually check I was ok and I was being supported in all aspects.

I feel that even though I have found parts of the apprenticeship very interesting, I feel I have learned much more doing practical things in the branch and shadowing colleges. I feel I have learned more on the apprenticeship with regards to the legal and finance side of things and the particulars.

No we have no extra curricular activities at my work place. However we do often like to do team building activities such as quad biking, walks etc etc . We also often do community activities as a team such as bake sales and coffee mornings and anything we can get involved in.

Yes

The Co-op has supplied me with very good training and it is always up to date. The team I work with are fantastic and the wider team is equally fantastic. I also feel that working for a large company is good, we are very fortunate we have access to any supplies or equipment we need. I would happily recommend working for the Co-op to a friend.

I would tell anyone applying to the Co-op to be open and honest, the Co-op is all about equal opportunities. I would also recommend that they research the Co-op and they also research the Co-ops 4 core values, these are very important and I was asked about them on interview.