SIFFFNL004 — Arrange and oversee viewings
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What an assessment for SIFFFNL004 must cover
48 assessable components: 3 elements (14 performance criteria), 3 performance evidence and 31 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Assess viewing needs
- 1.1Liaise with family of the deceased to identify viewing requests and requirements.
- 1.2Communicate viewing guidelines to relatives.
2 Arrange viewing of the deceased person
- 2.1Collaborate with mortuary personnel to arrange appropriate preparation and transfer times of body for viewing.
- 2.2Liaise with appropriate funeral and associated personnel to arrange a viewing time and location.
- 2.3Determine viewing details and information and inform the family.
- 2.4Establish boundaries for the conduct of viewing and inform the family.
- 2.5Arrange viewing area according to social, cultural and religious requirements and family’s instructions.
- 2.6Position coffin or casket correctly for viewing the deceased person.
- 2.7Provide first aid facilities to deal with intense cases of grief reactions that require care.
3 Oversee viewing of the deceased person
- 3.1Meet and escort family to viewing area at appointed time.
- 3.2Explain proceedings to the family and answer questions that may arise.
- 3.3Oversee viewing discreetly and respond to additional family requests or grief reactions.
- 3.4Enforce time restraints sensitively as required.
- 3.5Escort family from viewing area at appropriate time.
Performance evidence
- determine family viewing requirements, liaise with family and relevant personnel to arrange and oversee viewings that meet family, legislative and workplace requirements
- use sensitive communication, according to funeral services industry parameters and protocols, with the bereaved at all times and sensitively respond to additional family requests and concerns during the viewing.
- Evidence of performance on five or more occasions is required to demonstrate consistency of performance and ability to respond to different situations.
Knowledge evidence
- concept and sociological principles associate with the viewing of the deceased
- viewing requests and requirements, including but not restricted to:
- public or private viewing
- placing special personal effects with the deceased
- use of music
- placement of candles
- choice and placement of flowers
- photographs
- time required between death and burial or cremation
- specific coffin or casket design
- special locations or time
- social, cultural and religious considerations:
- funeral and mourning dress standards
- funeral rites
- cultural rituals to assist grieving
- community support
- duration of mourning
- religious denomination
- spiritual or cultural symbolism
- public profile of the deceased
- aesthetics
- taboos regarding death
- access and attitude to grief counselling
- viewing guidelines to inform the client, including:
- range of legal requirements
- embalming technique
- condition of deceased
- geographical location
- special locations or time
- workplace policies and procedures regarding the conduct of viewings including the provision of first aid
- professional funeral services industry parameters and protocols for dealing with the deceased and the bereaved.
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