Welcome to the NAFD Funeral Directing Direct Entry Route, which is the fast-track route for registration to the Level 4 NAFD Higher Diploma in Funeral Directing.
The aim of the Direct Entry Route is to enable long serving funeral professionals with extensive experience of funeral arranging and administration, but no formal prior qualifications, fast track progression to the Level 4 Dip FD following assessment and successful achievement. The Direct Entry Route enables those individuals to register for the Level 4 NAFD Higher Diploma in Funeral Directing without the need to complete a precursor training programme, providing they can prove their competence and knowledge of funeral arranging in the integrated assessment process.
Through the Direct Entry Route, the current competence of funeral individuals is assessed through an online pre-qualifying assessment.
Assessment is designed to test current knowledge and understanding of UK funeral related legislation, documentation and contracts, and practice associated with arranging a funeral. Individuals will be required to complete an online application with a series of experience-based questions, provide evidence of arranging and / or conducting 75 funerals over a 5-year period, a copy of their CV and two written references.
As the final part of the process you will be required to complete and achieve the standard required for Professional Discussion with an NAFD Examiner. Scheduled dates for the professional discussions for 2024 are:
26th June 2024, 10th or 11th September 2024, 19th November 2024
Individuals are not permitted to register or commence studies on the L4 DipFD until they have successfully completed all elements of the Direct Entry Route and received written confirmation of their DER results directly from the NAFD.
The Direct Entry Route is not applicable to individuals who have successfully completed the NAFD DipFAA or online NAFD FAA Certificate. Providing you can produce evidence of completing any of these courses, you can register directly for the Level 4 NAFD Higher Diploma in Funeral Directing.
Entry Criteria and Cost:
Eligibility is for funeral service employees, aged 18+ with a minimum of 5 continuous years service arranging and/or conducting funerals. You must be able to provide evidence of arranging a minimum of 75 funerals over a 5-year period.
The NAFD Registration fee for the Direct Entry Route is currently £320 for NAFD members and £420 for non-members.
Following successful achievement of the DER assessment, there is a separate registration fee of £420 for NAFD members and £550 for non-members, plus tutor fees, for the Level 4 NAFD Higher Diploma in Funeral Directing.
If you would like to register for the NAFD DipFD Direct Entry Route please click below.
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