51931

Funeral director

Funeral director performs various tasks to arrange and direct an individual funeral services, such as coordinating transportation of the body to the mortuary, interviewing family or other authorised persons to arrange details, selecting pallbearers, aiding with the selection of officials for religious rites, and providing transportation for mourners.

SSOC hierarchy Crosswalks

Level

unit

Mapped ISCO

Source

SingStat

In this unit group: sibling units

unit-group 5193 Funeral Directors and Embalmers unit 51932 Embalmer

Official data

Official name	Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSOC 2024)
Issuing authority	Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS)
Tax authority	Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) (IRAS)
Purpose	Classifies occupations in Singapore for labour statistics, workforce planning, and international reporting.
Active version	SSOC 2024 (21 Mar 2024)
Hierarchy level	Unit (final leaf, 5-digit)
Source	https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic
Prior versions	SSIC 2020, SSIC 2015

Definition & tasks

Tasks

No tasks listed.

Examples

Under this unit

• Columbaria operation staff • Funeral attendant • Hearse driver • Undertaker

Elsewhere

• Embalmer, see 51932

Hierarchy context

5→51→519→5193→51931 Funeral director

Major group

5 SERVICES AND SALES WORKERS

Sub-major

51 PERSONAL SERVICES WORKERS

Minor group

519 PERSONAL SERVICES WORKERS NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED

Unit group

5193 Funeral Directors and Embalmers

Correspondence tables

SSOC 2020

51931 — Funeral director
51932 — Embalmer

ISCO-08

5163 — Undertakers and embalmers

Alphabetical index entries

Principal Title 51931 Funeral director Alternative Title 51931 Columbaria operation staff Alternative Title 51931 Funeral attendant Alternative Title 51931 Hearse driver Alternative Title 51931 Undertaker Alternative Title 51931 Undertaker assistant

Data source: Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic). Official SSOC 2024 workbooks.

Last refresh: 21 Mar 2024. Version: SSOC 2024.

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