Richard Joachim

• Prepared facilities for funeral visitations and memorial services, arranging chairs and flower arrangements and setting up sign-in books and memorial cards.
• Welcomed families and visitors into facility and guided into appropriate visitation rooms or chapel.
• Drove company vehicles to transport remains or families to services.
• Supported funeral director with all facets of funeral service coordination.
• Processed death certificate and other required paperwork.
• Arranged floral tributes and lights around caskets in visitation rooms and chapels.
• Provided administrative support to funeral home staff.
• Transported caskets from morgue to reserved rooms to prepare caskets for viewing.
• Met with over families to plan funerals by discussing service options and needs.
• Greeted funeral guests and coordinated seating.
• Closed and secured caskets and led funeral corteges to churches and burial sites.
• Picked up deceased at private homes, hospitals and county morgues.
• Promoted funeral service merchandise such as caskets, urns, outer burial containers and flowers.
• Arranged transportation between sites for remains, mourners, pallbearers and members of clergy.
• Communicated with insurance companies to secure death benefits for payment of services.

Border Patrol Agent duties:

Patrolling, Tracking, Arresting and Processing Illegal Entrants, Processed for removal.

Trained younger, less experienced Agents. Managed Human and Physical resources.

Customs Inspector duties:

Examined individuals entering from Mexico via a land border. Admitted or denied entry based on qualifications. Inspected & cleared cargo and collected duty on same. Arrested individuals attempting to smuggle prohibited items from Mexico.

Assistant Chief Immigration Officer Training Academy:

Managed the law enforcement training of Immigration Inspectors, Detention Officers, Deportation Officers as well as Border Patrol Investigators via a transition course.