Diploma course lifts embalming
A diploma course in embalming has been approved by NZQA, filling a long running need in the industry, says Hamilton’s Jordan Goss.
‘‘This has been a long time coming and is a muchanticipated return to the association’s drive toward high standards of practice in the New Zealand funeral industry,’’ said Goss, Hamilton New Zealand Embalmers Association president.
‘‘We have been without a diploma course for several years, since WelTec discontinued the delivery, it had been involved in, dating all the way back to 1974. NZEA has spent a great deal of time engaged with other providers who have failed to come up with a suitable product.’’
Now Auckland based Kalandra Education has been confirmed as an approved provider. A candidate must have 12 plus months of experience in the embalming industry. The course is available online for 52 weeks (Level 5).
‘‘Kalandra Education has been able to facilitate our expectations and has done so with an ease that has been a delight to work with at a professional level,’’ Goss said.
A service to the bereaved embalming is an essential part of the ability of funeral businesses
to cater to the needs of the bereaved in their community, he says
‘‘It is of great importance every day, to families around the motu and is a very important part of our national response to disaster and traumatic deaths in New Zealand. New Zealand has enjoyed recognition as being amongst the top level of embalming practitioners around the world and our embalmers commit to the high standards promoted by NZEA,’’ Goss says.