Funeral Celebrant Courses

Sally is not only a compassionate death care advocate, she is also a passionate educator.  She genuinely wants to change the way we experience death, funerals and grief in Australia.  Sally is insightful, experienced, passionate, honest, a great communicator and provides great practical knowledge in getting started in the death care industry.  After 2 days of training, I know I still have so much to learn, but I feel energised, supported and excited to work in this field and hopefully provide the same care and compassion that Sally has provided to so many families.  Samantha Harris
Funeral Course -  LIVE ZOOM SESSION 19th/20th JULY 2025

This is a comprehensive two day intensive course, that provides you with knowledge and skills to confidently begin funeral celebrant practice. As well as considering key theroretic ideas, you will develop a logical step-by-step process to plan, write, deliver and reflect on a funeral service. The workshop will introduce you to key knowledge and skills. Afterwards, you have the opportunity to develop these through targeted on-line assignments. 

By the end of the course, you should be able to:

  1. Understand about early grief and the impact this can have on your role
  2. Describe the purposes of a funeral service
  3. Discuss funeral ceremony as a rite-of-passage ceremony
  4. Discuss funeral service structure and elements/components
  5. Explain ritual enactments and their meanings
  6. Identify key terms and roles in the funeral industry
  7. Describe a step-by-step process from booking to post-ceremony reflection
  8. Demonstrate effective client interviewing skills
  9. Identify health and safety requirements
  10. Develop key documents and resources
  11. Discuss self-care
  12. Interview a grieving family
  13. Write three funeral services
  14. Deliver a funeral service
Course date Saturday 19 July, 2025 - 9:00 am
Course end date Sunday 20 July, 2025 - 4:00 pm
Course Fee $695.00
Trainer SALLY CANT
Location Zoom teleconferencing LIVE TRAINING SESSION
Funeral Course -  LIVE ZOOM SESSION 13th/14th SEPT 2025

This is a comprehensive two day intensive course, that provides you with knowledge and skills to confidently begin funeral celebrant practice. As well as considering key theroretic ideas, you will develop a logical step-by-step process to plan, write, deliver and reflect on a funeral service. The workshop will introduce you to key knowledge and skills. Afterwards, you have the opportunity to develop these through targeted on-line assignments. 

By the end of the course, you should be able to:

  1. Understand about early grief and the impact this can have on your role
  2. Describe the purposes of a funeral service
  3. Discuss funeral ceremony as a rite-of-passage ceremony
  4. Discuss funeral service structure and elements/components
  5. Explain ritual enactments and their meanings
  6. Identify key terms and roles in the funeral industry
  7. Describe a step-by-step process from booking to post-ceremony reflection
  8. Demonstrate effective client interviewing skills
  9. Identify health and safety requirements
  10. Develop key documents and resources
  11. Discuss self-care
  12. Interview a grieving family
  13. Write three funeral services
  14. Deliver a funeral service
Course date Saturday 13 September, 2025 - 9:00 am
Course end date Sunday 14 September, 2025 - 4:00 pm
Course Fee $695.00
Trainer SALLY CANT
Location Zoom teleconferencing LIVE TRAINING SESSION
Funeral Course - MELBOURNE 22nd/23rd NOV 2025

This is a comprehensive two day face to face intensive course, that provides you with knowledge and skills to confidently begin funeral celebrant practice. As well as considering key theroretic ideas, you will develop a logical step-by-step process to plan, write, deliver and reflect on a funeral service. The workshop will introduce you to key knowledge and skills. Afterwards, you have the opportunity to develop these through targeted on-line assignments. 

By the end of the course, you should be able to:

  1. Understand about early grief and the impact this can have on your role
  2. Describe the purposes of a funeral service
  3. Discuss funeral ceremony as a rite-of-passage ceremony
  4. Discuss funeral service structure and elements/components
  5. Explain ritual enactments and their meanings
  6. Identify key terms and roles in the funeral industry
  7. Describe a step-by-step process from booking to post-ceremony reflection
  8. Demonstrate effective client interviewing skills
  9. Identify health and safety requirements
  10. Develop key documents and resources
  11. Discuss self-care
  12. Interview a grieving family
  13. Write three funeral services
  14. Deliver a funeral service
Course date Saturday 22 November, 2025 - 9:00 am
Course end date Sunday 23 November, 2025 - 4:00 pm
Course Fee $800.00
Trainer SALLY CANT
Location Quest Collingwood

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