Cemetery Operatives Training Scheme
The ICCM recognises that trained cemetery operatives and managers are vital to the provision of an efficient, effective and safe service to the bereaved.
The Institute is a City & Guilds NPTC training centre that delivers and certificates gravedigging courses to this nationally recognised standard.
Health and Safety law places a positive duty upon burial authorities to provide a safe workplace and safe systems of work that will protect the health & safety of employees, persons attending and officiating at funerals, visitors and any other person that may use a cemetery.
The Scheme has been designed by the Institute to train, assess and certificate operatives in safe working practice and to encourage a process of thought that will assist with accident prevention. All COTS training can take place on your site.
Constructed by the Institute for the Sector
City & Guilds NPTC Accredited Courses
COTS Quote Form
Use this form to ask for a quote for any of the courses below
The following courses are City & Guilds accredited:
Course 1
Health & Safety and the Burial Process
Course 2a
Excavator Operation and 2b Dumper Operation
Course 3
Controlling Risks in Cemeteries and Crematoria
Course 5
Health and Safety and Grass Cutting
All City & Guilds accredited qualifications (see below).
Level 2 Certificate of Competence in Safe Use of Self Propelled Mowers
Level 2 Certificate of competence Safe Use of Pedestrian controlled mowers
Level 2 Certificate of Competence Safe Use of Strimmers
New Additions – Accredited
Level 2 Certificate of competence in Handheld Hedge Trimmers
Level 2 Certificate of Competence in Tractor Driving and Related Operations and Operation of Loader Attachments
On Site Courses
COTS courses can be delivered on your site and designed to suit your particular requirements.
To receive a quote for any of the courses please complete the COTS Quote Form and email it to the National Office at [email protected]. Julie will provide you with a quote and some available dates.
For further information please contact the National Office on 020 8989 4661, [email protected].