Job description Funeral Home Attendant in the Windsor-Sarnia Region

Find out what work is like for a funeral home attendant in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Other service support occupations, n.e.c. (NOC 65329).

Other service support occupations

Description

Workers in other service support occupations perform a range of services. They are employed in a wide range of establishments; places of employment are usually indicated in the job title.

Job duties

Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Other service support occupations have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:

  • Beauty salon attendants
  • Shampoo, condition and dry customers' hair and assist hair stylists as directed
  • Keep work areas clean.
  • Door attendants
  • Assist persons entering or leaving residential buildings, theatres and similar establishments
  • May call taxis and assist with parcels.
  • Funeral home attendants
  • Drive hearses
  • Arrange lights and floral displays
  • Escort mourners and act as pallbearers
  • Clean funeral parlours and chapels.
  • Laundromat attendants
  • Replenish vending machines
  • Provide change
  • Explain operation of machines to customers
  • Clean the laundromat and arrange for the repair of broken machines
  • May wash, dry and fold laundry for customers
  • May operate dry cleaning machines for customers.
  • Parking lot attendants and car jockeys
  • Collect parking fees and issue ticket stubs
  • Direct customers to parking spaces and park cars.
  • Ticket takers and ushers
  • Collect admission tickets or passes from patrons at entertainment events and direct patrons to their seats.
  • Other workers in this group
  • Perform services specific to the establishments in which their occupations are found.

Physical demands

Physical demands are the physical activities that the job requires the worker to do. Physical demands are selected according to the likeliness that workers will have to perform them for at least half of the time they spend at work.

Work environment

The work environment refers to the physical setting in which people work. The characteristics and conditions of the work environment are selected according to the likeliness that workers will be exposed to them at least once a week.

Physical proximity from others

Physical proximity from others refers to the physical distance between individuals in the workplace. The likeliness that the job requires to perform tasks while being physically close to other people is rated on a scale with 3 levels: "Somewhat close", "Close" and "Very close".

Related job titles

Here are some other related job titles that are found in the same occupational category (NOC 65329), and a list of similar occupations:

  • beauty salon attendant
  • car jockey
  • cloakroom attendant
  • door attendant (except hotel)
  • funeral home attendant
  • fur storage attendant
  • hotel valet
  • laundromat attendant
  • parking lot attendant
  • shoe shiner
  • tanning salon attendant
  • theatre usher
  • ticket taker
  • toll booth attendant

Similar occupations Help - Similar occupations

Similar occupations

This section lists other occupations that are part of the same broad occupational category as Other service support occupations in the National Occupational Classification (NOC). These occupations involve similar core qualifications but involve different responsibilities. To see more similar occupations, use the Job Transition Tool.

Sources Occupational and Skills Information System & National Occupational Classification

Labour Market Information Survey
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