Nicholas Harkins
Louisville,KY
Summary
Local licensed funeral director with industry experience seeking funeral service employment. Available all hours, able to travel as needed, and flexible with regard to consideration of compensation packages/work schedules.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Funeral Director
Borden Enterprises- T.I.E.S. Mortuary
LOUISVILLE, United States
04.2017 - Current
- Assissted licensed embalmers in preparation of human remains.
- Operated modern retorts/completed cremation of human remains
- Liaised between county coroners and funeral service establishments
- Displayed highest level of professionalism and sensitivity when dealing with grieving family members.
- Picked up deceased at private homes, hospitals and county morgues.
Apprentice Funeral Director and Embalmer
Hall-Taylor Funeral Home
Shelbyville/Taylorsville, KY
11.2014 - 03.2017
- Liased between families, clergy, cemetery personel, to make and complete arrangments for final disposition.
- Contacted Life Insurance policy providers to confirm current status and collected payment from families
- Prepared obituaries to appear in newspapers
- Oversaw visitations and directed funerals
- Assissted licensed embalmers with prep room duties
- Dressed, casketed, and cosmetized remains for viewing
Part Time Funeral Service Assistant
Kerr Brothers Funeral Home
Lexington, KY
08.2013 - 10.2014
- Assissted funeral directors with seating and excusing mourners
- Drove passenger vehicles and hearses to and from cemetery
- Delivered flower arrangements, register books, and other mementos to families
- Accepted flower deliveries to funeral home and churches and arranged so as to complete a favorable memory picture
Education
No Degree - Funeral Service And Mortuary Science
Mid-America College of Funeral Service
Jeffersonville, INNo Degree - General Studies
Bluegrass Community And Technical College
Lexington, KYNo Degree - Accounting
Sullivan University
Lexington, KYSkills
- Experienced delivering articulate speech with crowd-appropriate voice projection
- In-depth knowledge of experience-acquired techniques of embalming, cosmetizing, eulogizing, funeral/memorial service conducting
- Proficient reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills in German language
Timeline
Funeral Director
Borden Enterprises- T.I.E.S. Mortuary
04.2017 - Current
Apprentice Funeral Director and Embalmer
Hall-Taylor Funeral Home
11.2014 - 03.2017
Part Time Funeral Service Assistant
Kerr Brothers Funeral Home
08.2013 - 10.2014
No Degree - Funeral Service And Mortuary Science
Mid-America College of Funeral Service
No Degree - General Studies
Bluegrass Community And Technical College
No Degree - Accounting
Sullivan University
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