Illinois Funeral CE Requirements Package — 12 CE Hours
Mandatory Subject for Funeral Directors and Embalmers:
- Preventing and Dealing with Sexual Harassment for IL Professionals
- Understanding Mental Health and Funerals
- Diversity and Inclusion in Funeral Services
- Military and Line of Duty Death Services
- Advanced Embalming
- Infant Embalming
- Training New Embalmers
Included Courses
Courses included in this package. Click on a course to learn more.
- Advanced Embalming 2Course release date: 6/4/2020
About the Course:
The student will gain a deeper understanding of this time-honored practice of embalming and human preservation that has never been more critical in the funeral industry. - Death of a Parent 1Course release date: 10/09/23About the CourseThis course will help funeral directors and other funeral professionals serve their grieving clients and families to the best of their abilities. Funeral professionals can help mourners acknowledge their loss and mark this moment with respect. As a funeral professional, your role is to offer a guiding hand as mourners celebrate their deceased with respect and grace. Your clients should be able to look back on this tumultuous time and feel that they did their best to honor their parent. Your goal is that, years later, they will recall the funeral and find warmth and solace.
- Diversity and Inclusion in Funeral Service 2
Course release date: 12/22/2020
About the Course:
The course will further focus on the importance of respecting the cultural practices and traditions of co-workers, as well as client families served. Several strategies and suggestions are presented to assist in the serving of families with conflict resulting from diversity within the family. The most important lesson presented is the importance of respecting one another, regardless of others' beliefs or practices. - Infant Embalming 1Course release date: 7/10/2020
About the Course:This course has been researched and designed as a guide to understand and work through the techniques, skills, and knowledge required in identifying, and performing the most appropriate modern-day embalming procedures on infant cases. - Military and Line of Duty Funeral Services 3Course release date: 10/9/2023About the CourseWhen a member of the Military is killed in action, the death can be a tragic and devastating loss for the family, the comrades, the friends, and the country. When a member of law enforcement, fire service, or emergency medical service is killed in the line of duty, the tragic loss is felt by the family, the professional family, and the community who was served. The funeral service for a person killed in action or in the line of duty can be more detailed and complex than other funeral arrangements. This course is designed to aid funeral directors in understanding many of the honors and traditions used in these types of services. The content of this course will include the origin and symbolism of many funeral honors observed, discuss the detailed planning required to properly arrange these types of services, and serve in preparing directors to serve the ones affected by Military and Line of Duty Deaths.
- Preparing New Embalmers 1Course release - 7/10/2023About the Course:This course will properly train and prepare embalmers who are relatively new to the industry or may work in a new setting.
- Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace for Illinois Professionals, 2nd edition 1
Release Date: 7/10/2023
About the courseThis basic-level course will help Illinois Healthcare professionals identify sexual harassment in the workplace, prevent it, and take appropriate action if it occurs.
- Understanding Mental Health and Funerals 1
Course release date: 8/7/2020
About the Course:In this course, the student will learn the steps intended to support funeral directors who care for the mental health needs of the bereaving family and friends as they plan the loved one’s memorial.