FAQ: Are the College of Celebrancy's courses Recognised ?
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ANSWER
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Because we are such a new profession, even in Australia (1973), recognition processes in the normal way (like doctors and lawyers) have not yet developed.
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The Australian government recognises our qualifications -i.e. Certificate IV in Celebrancy. This may be useful in recommending yourself to Canadian clients.
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What has to happen first is that the General Public has to become aware who is really well trained and who isn't. (This is the real Recognition).
There is widespread recogniton in the celebrant community that we are and alwasy have been the premier course for persons who are really serious about celebrancy.
One clear way we have been recognised is that many Universities and Colleges of advanced Education have licensed from us the College Courses and hired our graduates to teach it. These include - Victoria University, Challenger TAFE in Fremantle, Bendigo TAFE (Vic), Swinburne TAFE (Vic),Wodonga TAFE (NSW) as well as various other Registered Training Organisations e.g. Nepean Industry Edge Training and Life Skills Training Pty Ltd . Recognition like that is hard to beat.
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Our way of doing this is to offer on our websites total transparency as to what what are our qualifications, what is our experience, what we offer in our courses, how well we communicate in our learning materials, how jealous we are of our standards, and, most important of all, what our students and graduates say about our courses (testimonials).
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Testimonials -
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If you complete, say, one of our Diplomas, your professional performance in the marketplace will be another segment in our claim for recognition as the top-of-the-range course available.
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At the Funeral Level: Recognition by Funeral Directors is a touchy subject. Unfortunately in almost every western country, we have found that Funeral Directors do not want good Funeral Celebrants. Their ceremonies are more substantial, they take the Funeral Home's time, and therefore "take" their money. Or they quite often suppress good celebrants because they want too much work, and wish to pay too little money (they pay themselves well). My personal opinion is that we are better off not wanting such recognition but should seek recognition directly from our clients only.
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At a different level - you could ask the question -would a University or College recognise a Diploma from the International College of Celebrancy as part of, say an Arts Degree? Actually, I think this has happened with some of our students but I do not have documentation at this stage. Universities usually scrutinise the segment of the course in question, and the Assignments submitted, then make their decision on an individual basis.
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Time Magazine article on the College Principal, Dally Messenger, and his approach to Celebrant Funerals.
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