Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Certification
References
Timeline
Generic

Stephen Tarantole

Ocala,FL

Summary

Funeral services professional with highly meticulous and organized nature and skills in day-to-day office management. Adept at coordinating marketing and business needs. Superb [Job Title] adept at building trusting professional relationships with families by being empathetic and sensitive to needs. Talented financial manager with advanced knowledge of QuickBooks. Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills. Hardworking employee with customer service, multitasking and time management abilities. Devoted to giving every customer a positive and memorable experience. Hardworking and reliable [Job Title] with strong ability in . Offering and. Highly organized, proactive and punctual with team-oriented mentality. Ambitious, career-focused job seeker, anxious to obtain an entry-level [Job Title] position to help launch career while achieving company goals. Recent graduate with excellent research, technical and problem-solving skills. Detail-oriented and able to learn new concepts quickly. Dedicated student interested in applying excellent communication and interpersonal skills to a role. Experienced in data entry and handling money. Can quickly memorize product details and build customer relationships. Meticulous [Job Title] actively pursuing an Embalmer opportunity to leverage years of successful industry performance. Hardworking and focused with a focus on contributing to well-organized funeral services, visitations and preparations. Detail-oriented Embalmer eager to add value to the team. Actively pursuing an opportunity to leverage years of successful industry performance, including expertise in funeral service support, autopsy assistance and embalming techniques. Nationally recognized funeral industry professional with more than years of experience in funeral home and funeral supply management. Seasoned Funeral Director offering years in private funeral homes. Extensive business, finance and operations management experience. Dedicated offering broad range of experience in the funeral services industry. Devoted to delivering exceptional service to grief-stricken families. Compassionate dedicated to helping families celebrate lives of loved ones and find closure through high-quality and individualized funeral services. Areas of specialty include bereavement counseling and arranging funeral details.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

APPRENTICE FUNERAL DIRECTOR /APPRENTICE EMBALMER

A Community Funeral Home & Sunset Cremations
Orlando, FL
08.2022 - Current
  • Assisted in preparing bodies for visitation, burial, or cremation following established protocols
  • Utilized advanced knowledge of anatomy and physiology to perform embalming procedures accurately
  • Dressed bodies according to family requests with clothing, jewelry, wigs
  • Conducted research into new methods and technologies used in embalming processes
  • Developed and implemented embalming techniques to preserve the physical appearance of deceased individuals
  • Applied cosmetics to restore natural color and facial features of deceased individuals
  • Ensured compliance with federal, state, and local laws relating to the embalming process
  • Maintained a clean and safe work environment by adhering to all safety regulations and guidelines
  • Managed inventory of supplies needed for successful completion of embalming services
  • Pressed diaphragm to evacuate air from lungs
  • Dressed bodies and placed in caskets
  • Reshaped and reconstructed disfigured and maimed bodies when necessary, using dermasurgery techniques and materials such as clay, cotton, plaster of Paris, and wax
  • Made incisions in arms and thighs and drain blood from circulatory system and replaced it with embalming fluid, using pump
  • Incised stomach and abdominal walls and probed internal organs, using trocar to withdraw blood and waste matter from organs
  • Packed body orifices with cotton saturated with embalming fluid to prevent escape of gases and waste matter
  • Used germicidal soap and towels and hot air dryers.

APPRENTICE FUNERAL DIRECTOR /APPRENTICE EMBALMER

Bridges Funeral Home
Knoxville, TN
12.2020 - 06.2021
  • Inserted convex celluloid and cotton between eyeballs and eyelids to prevent slipping and sinking of eyelids
  • Cleaned and disinfected areas in which bodies are prepared and embalmed
  • Attached trocar to pump-tube, start pump, and repeat probing to force embalming fluid into organs
  • Applied cosmetics to impart lifelike appearance to deceased
  • Joined lips, used needles, and thread and wire
  • Conformed to laws of health and sanitation and ensured that legal requirements concerning embalming were met
  • Closed incisions using needles and sutures
  • Worked flexible hours; night, weekend, and holiday shifts
  • Used coordination and planning skills to achieve results according to schedule
  • Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere
  • Actively listened to customers, handled concerns quickly and escalated major issues to supervisor
  • Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships
  • Delivered exceptional level of service to each customer by listening to concerns and answering questions
  • Prepared remains for services, viewings, and cremations
  • Completed incisions to withdraw blood and waste and inserted embalming fluid with pump
  • Sutured incisions with meticulous precision and attention to detail
  • Adhered to health and sanitation laws for all embalming processes
  • Assisted with transport
  • Performed duties of funeral directors, including coordinating funeral activities
  • Conformed to laws of health and sanitation and complied with all legal requirements concerning embalming
  • Reshaped or reconstructed disfigured or maimed bodies when necessary using dermasurgery techniques and materials such as clay, cotton, and wax
  • Dressed bodies and placed in caskets
  • Handled calls per to address customer inquiries and concerns.

TRUCK DRIVER

TransForce Inc
Knoxville, TN
06.2020 - 12.2020
  • Checked shipping papers to determine nature of load and checked for presence of hazardous materials
  • Finalized daily logs on schedule to update internal records and uphold DOT requirements
  • Verified contents of inventory loads against shipping papers
  • Operated with safety and skill to avoid accidents and delays
  • Specializing in the following: Shuttle semi box trailers to and from loading dock doors as dispatched for the John Deer Manufacturing plant
  • Consulted with customers to trace malfunctions and identify root causes, completing speedy repairs to return full performance levels
  • Operated tractor trailers safely following company and road regulations
  • Provided backup support for areas such as deliveries and warehouse operations.

CLASS - Land Air, Yard Jockey

Greenville
TN
11.2019 - 06.2020
  • Specializing in infrastructure repairs utilizing the following equipment: Dump Truck, Mini Roller, AMC Tar Spraying Machine, Bridge and Guard Rail Repairs, Catch Basin Flood Control Maintenance, Flagman/Traffic Control.

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

South Carolina
, US
03.2018 - 10.2018
  • Utilized a variety of hand tools such as wrenches, screwdrivers, hammers to perform repairs on ships' structure
  • Analyzed information gathered from tests conducted during underwater surveys of hulls, propellers, shafts, rudders
  • Provided technical advice concerning materials selection and fabrication techniques necessary for effective damage control repairs onboard ships at sea
  • Developed training programs for personnel assigned to Damage Control Central
  • Conducted damage control drills to ensure crew proficiency in emergency procedures and lifesaving techniques
  • Maintained and operated firefighting, flooding, ventilation, and chemical warfare defense systems
  • Coordinated with engineering departments on repair projects involving machinery spaces or electrical components requiring special attention due to safety hazards posed by potential flooding scenarios
  • Organized and led teams during emergency response operations in order to contain and minimize damage from fires, floods, or other casualties
  • Responded quickly to emergency situations by providing guidance on appropriate course of action based on established protocols
  • Conducted periodic inspections of ship's general condition including bilges, tanks, voids, magazines, cofferdams, fuel tanks, ballast tanks.

REGIONAL / LOCAL DRIVER

JB Hunt
Lowell, Arkansas
06.2014 - 09.2015
  • Class A CDL Driver making pickups and deliveries to and from customers up and down East coast
  • Local driver hauling scrap metal form Kingsland to Newell Recycling Plant, Savannah, Georgia.

REGIONAL / OTR DRIVER

US Express
, US
11.2013 - 06.2014
  • Conduct ship checks and inspections of ships piping systems and components on CVN77 prior to turnover to the US Navy
  • Conduct operational test on ships oil purification system in accordance with shipboard procedures
  • Provide technical survivability support for shipboard Damage Control and firefighting systems
  • Perform diverse special projects in the installation, maintenance, and repair of valves and system fittings/fixtures; structural inspection of hatches, valves, watertight doors, and scuttles
  • Performed repairs that included pipefitting and brazing to the various US Navy shipboard systems
  • Repaired damaged bulkheads, decks, hatches, valves, piping systems, watertight doors, and other related equipment
  • Assisted in the preparation of reports documenting all damage control activities undertaken during an operation or exercise
  • Operated pumps used for controlling flooding and dewatering compartments aboard the vessel
  • Performed routine maintenance on shipboard firefighting equipment to ensure operational readiness
  • Ensured that all personnel involved in damage control activities were properly trained and qualified according to current regulations
  • Maintained records of all safety inspections, corrective actions taken, and casualty control exercises.

LOCAL DRIVER

J&A and Sons
Kingsland, Georgia
05.2011 - 10.2012
  • Class A CDL Driving making pickups from Coca Cola DC center to various warehouses in SC, NC, VA, GA, MD
  • Transport external commodity loads
  • Trained new employees
  • Awarded Kimberly Clark New Carrier of the Year 2016
  • Coordinate material load out for contractor and customer pickup and delivery
  • Qualified Forklift, Pallet jack, and order picker operator.

DAMAGE CONTROLMAN

US NAVY Veteran
Norfolk, Virginia
02.2002 - 02.2006
  • Conducted ship checks and inspections of ships piping systems and components on CVN77 prior to turnover to the US Navy
  • Conducted operational test on ships oil purification system in accordance with shipboard procedures
  • Provided technical survivability support for shipboard Damage Control and firefighting systems
  • Performed diverse special projects in the installation, maintenance, and repair of valves and system fittings/fixtures; structural inspection of hatches, valves, watertight doors, and scuttles
  • Repaired damaged bulkheads, decks, hatches, valves, piping systems, watertight doors, and other related equipment
  • Assisted in the preparation of reports documenting all damage control activities undertaken during an operation or exercise
  • Operated pumps used for controlling flooding and dewatering compartments aboard the vessel
  • Performed routine maintenance on shipboard firefighting equipment to ensure operational readiness
  • Ensured that all personnel involved in damage control activities were properly trained and qualified according to current regulations
  • Maintained records of all safety inspections, corrective actions taken, and casualty control exercises.

Education

Associate of Science - Mortuary Science And Embalming

Gupton Jones College of Funeral Service
Decatur, GA
06-2023

Associate of Arts - Funeral Service And Mortuary Science

Gupton Jones College of Funeral Service
Decatur, GA
06-2023

Skills

  • Office Administration
  • Professional Appearance
  • Cultural Sensitivity
  • Sales proficiency
  • Grief counseling
  • Staff Scheduling
  • Family Counseling
  • Obituary writing
  • Embalming techniques
  • Life insurance knowledge
  • Mortuary operations
  • Budgeting and finance
  • Valid FL driver's license
  • Compassionate communication
  • Licensed Cosmetologist
  • Pricing Structures
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Licensed Embalmer in FL
  • Legal Compliance
  • Sales
  • Customer Education
  • MS Word, Excel, and Outlook
  • OSHA Regulations
  • Regulatory Compliance

Affiliations

  • Fishing
  • spending time with Family
  • Cam A Spyer
  • Worrking Around the House

Certification

  • I have my Inter License for state of FL only have a few Months left

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

APPRENTICE FUNERAL DIRECTOR /APPRENTICE EMBALMER

A Community Funeral Home & Sunset Cremations
08.2022 - Current

APPRENTICE FUNERAL DIRECTOR /APPRENTICE EMBALMER

Bridges Funeral Home
12.2020 - 06.2021

TRUCK DRIVER

TransForce Inc
06.2020 - 12.2020

CLASS - Land Air, Yard Jockey

Greenville
11.2019 - 06.2020

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

South Carolina
03.2018 - 10.2018

REGIONAL / LOCAL DRIVER

JB Hunt
06.2014 - 09.2015

REGIONAL / OTR DRIVER

US Express
11.2013 - 06.2014

LOCAL DRIVER

J&A and Sons
05.2011 - 10.2012

DAMAGE CONTROLMAN

US NAVY Veteran
02.2002 - 02.2006

Associate of Science - Mortuary Science And Embalming

Gupton Jones College of Funeral Service

Associate of Arts - Funeral Service And Mortuary Science

Gupton Jones College of Funeral Service
  • I have my Inter License for state of FL only have a few Months left
Stephen Tarantole