Online Education Provided by The Canadian College of Funeral Service (CCFS)
On-Demand Continuing Education Courses
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Online Continuing Education Courses
The OACFP has partnered with the Canadian College of Funeral Service (CCFS) to provide you access to numerous on-line continuing education courses that are available for professional development and have been accredited for CE hours toward license renewal. Each course is set up so that a participant can either complete it in one session or they may access it over time at different intervals. Upon completion of the course, OACFP will send the participant a certificate of completion. Each completed course is equivalent to three (3) hours of credit.
Course Fees (each course): OACFP Member - $149.00 Non-Member - $199.00
Once registrations are received and paid you will receive an email directly from CCFS with login credentials to complete the course. PLEASE NOTE - It can take up to 48 hours to receive your course credentials.NOTE: The offices for CCFS will be closed for from December 21 until January 2. During that time you will not be able to receive credentials for course registrations.
Available On-Line Courses:
This course was created by an experienced wig maker, make-up artist and educator and was developed specifically for the funeral service profession. The knowledge gained in this course will increase the embalmer’s skills to a whole new level, thereby contributing in making the viewing experience much more positive for bereaved families. The leaner will acquire knowledge about hair direction and the process for matching current hair texture, length and style. You will also learn how to utilize photographs of the deceased as reference pictures when performing hair restoration. The course is delivered in a written document and supplemented with numerous images, photographs and instructional video presentations. (A strong wired internet connection is highly recommended when completing this on-line course due to the streaming of the video content.)
A new profession that is making a mark in the world of deathcare is emerging in North America and around the world: end-of-life doulas (EOL doulas or EOLDs). This short, self-guided course will help you understand who doulas are, what their scope of practice is, and their potential impact on those of us who are licensed funeral professionals in a rapidly evolving landscape. Most funeral directors in Canada understand their own profession’s history, but they may have little knowledge of the history of the end-of-life doula. This professional development opportunity will provide a succinct history of the (re)emergence of community deathcare, offer insight into present-day practices, and examine future opportunities fro mutual enrichment in the growing field of end-of-life and post-death services.
This continuing education course will introduce you to an area that is relatively new in funeral service, meaning it has only become an important area of our service offering in the last 20 – 25 years. The role of the funeral professional is changing from a purely functional one to that of being a caregiver to the bereaved. This includes everything from planning a proper funeral and memorial service and then continuing the relationship with post funeral care. In the past, not much effort was given to this area, and even now there are many funeral homes who are not fully engaged in aftercare. This course will introduce you to what aftercare is and why it is important to funeral service. It will give you a broad overview of what is involved in providing aftercare, and finally will present several opportunities and examples of how funeral homes can incorporate aftercare into their services to client families.