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Course details

New Zealand Diploma in Funeral Directing
NZQF Level 5

About the course

The purpose of this qualification is:

* to maintain professional standards for the funeral services sector by identifying those individuals who have attained sufficient knowledge, practical skills and attitudes to provide funeral directing services

* to provide competent funeral directors to members of the public requiring this service and enable the public to have access to professional and safe funeral directing services

* to provide for those individuals who are employed in the funeral directing sector of the funeral services industry, a credential that will support their employment opportunities

* to provide professional, competent funeral directors who are able to exercise responsibility under broad guidance.

About the provider

The Wellington Institute of Technology is a tertiary institution that trains around 6,100 students every year. We offer a range of industry-led qualifications from trades through to degrees and postgraduate programmes that are future-focused, developed alongside industry and provide students with practical skills so you can pursue your career goals.

WelTec is one of New Zealand's oldest tertiary education institutions and the second-oldest in Wellington. We’ve been helping people find their vocation since 1904.