“The Green Fuse funeral course was incredibly useful and very real. If you want to start a funeral business go and do this course with Green Fuse. When we filled in our first funeral form we remembered the game we played of how to complete them. It was very good.” Ash Rao. Moksh Funerals.
We are getting a bit of a reputation for helping innovative people understand the funeral business and to set up their own funeral venture. Dignity Funerals PLC have recently downgraded their long term growth forecasts because of competition from ‘new entrants’ – HURRAH! Our range of courses, backed up by comprehensive manuals, are just what you need if:
you want to start your own funeral business, get a job in funerals, further your career, or train some of your current staff. You have come to the right place.
“I thoroughly enjoyed my training with Green Fuse. As a new Funeral Director, the training gave me the knowledge and confidence to undertake my new venture. The content of the course was very informative and thorough and presented in a very easy to understand and relaxed manner. The premises and grounds are lovely and provide a delightful learning environment and everyone was so friendly.” Holly Clarke, Holly’s Funerals. October 2016
Train to become a funeral director with the right knowledge, skills and attitudes to meet people’s rapidly changing expectations of what a funeral can be. Join our “inspiring training, with a good balance of practical exercises, open discussion and theory. Simon, Jane and Steve managed to impart a huge amount of information whilst encouraging individual thoughts.” Deborah Leah
You can choose from our modular, modern and practical funeral practitioner training programme according to your needs:
- You run a funeral company and want to deliver leading edge customer service and respond to changing trends. See ‘Changing Trends’; ‘Modern Funeral Arranging’; ‘Grief & Bereavement’
- You want to enhance the skills of and motivate your staff. See ‘Modern Funeral Arranging’; ‘Conducting Funerals’; ‘Care and Management of the Body’; ‘Grief and Bereavement’
- You want to set up your own funeral business. All the courses are beneficial to you. We recommend starting with ‘Modern Funeral Arranging’; ‘Care and Management of the Body’; ‘Managing the Funeral Process’; to give you a good grounding in funeral work and ‘Starting your own Funeral Business’ to get your business plan going.
- You are looking for employment or better employment in the funeral sector, begin with ‘Modern Funeral Arranging’; ‘Managing the Funeral Process’; ‘Care and Management of the Body’.
Modern Funeral Arranging
An inspiring, ground-breaking and comprehensive training to be a modern funeral arranger.
Care and Management of the Body
Learn how to tend to a body on its journey from the time of death to burial or cremation, including remedial work, presentation for families and mortuary practice with this highly practical course.
Managing the Funeral Process
All you need to do behind the scenes to arrange a funeral and ensure things run smoothly
Changing Trends in Funerals
How funeral directors need to respond to meet the changing expectations of the public
Grief and Bereavement
Gaining more knowledge to help families during these first weeks of bereavement
Starting your own Funeral Business
with case studies from 3 successful funeral businesses, market proposition, equipment and premises, costs and finance, business models and insights
Funeral Conducting
Explores the role of the funeral director and their team on the day of the funeral
We run our training programmes at our Funeral Home in Devon, to give you a real feeling for working in funerals.
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Which are the right courses for you?
Your training needs | Courses to achieve these |
1. You are running a funeral company and want to deliver leading edge customer service and respond to changing trends. |
Changing Trends in Funerals Modern Funeral Arranging Grief and Bereavement
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2. You want to enhance the skills of and motivate your staff |
Modern Funeral Arranging Care and Management of the Body Funeral Conducting Grief and Bereavement
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3. You want to set up your own funeral business. Many people have used these courses for this purpose. | All the courses are beneficial to you.
To give you a good grounding in funeral work we recommend starting with: Modern Funeral Arranging Care and Management of the Body Managing the Funeral Process And to get your business plan going: Starting your own Funeral Business |
4. You are looking for employment or better employment in the funeral sector. | Begin with:
Modern Funeral Arranging Managing the Funeral Process Care and Management of the Body |
Experienced funeral director Alan James wrote:
“I believe that I have benefited greatly and I have reviewed significantly the way that I carry out funerals in light of the course.” Alan James: Manager, John Edwards Funeral Directors
- Run by award-winning funeral directors in a working funeral home.
- Keep yourself up to date with the ways funerals are changing and how you can keep yourself and your company ahead of change.
- The only courses you can attend to gain knowledge and experience without already working in the funeral sector.
- The tutors have a wealth of knowledge, experience and skills which they freely share with you.
- Friendly and varied learning environment in small groups, using discussion and practical work. Comprehensive manuals to take away.
- A modern approach to funerals – keep up to date with changing trends.
- Green Fuse’s funeral training courses, have inspired many and helped many new funeral directing companies with the knowledge they need to get started.
Green Fuse’s funeral director training courses have inspired many and helped many new funeral directing companies and other funeral enterprises with the knowledge they need to get started. Jenny came from Australia for the training and has now had a mainstream TV documentary made about her work within her community. She wrote “I really want you to know that the time I spent learning from you continues to inspire me and I would love you to see the film. See the trailer here: http://www.tenderdocumentary.com.au/#trailer
“The Funeral Arranger course met and exceeded my expectations. The tuition was friendly, informal and the safe environment provided best learning” Christine Cuzick Nov 2015
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Please contact us on 01803 840779 or 07702167819 or via our enquiry form without obligation.