NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF FUNERAL SERVICE
(Updated June 26, 2009)
Please scroll to page bottom in order to view programs with multiple dates and programs available online. There are also very important instructions for the online courses.
SPONSOR: Heritage School of CE – Investors Heritage CONTACT: David Clark 800-422-2011, ext. 1021
TITLE: “Ethics Module” (1) & “ Preneed Contracts on Funeral Goods & Services” (2)
LOCATION(S): Econo Lodge 418 Piedmont Dr. in Lexington
TIME: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm (1) HOURS: 6 total hours Registration fee: $40.00
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm (2)
SPONSOR: NCFDA – District 1 CONTACT: Chris Noe 910-455-1281
TITLE: “Whirlwinds & Whirlpools – Handling Decisions in Funeral Service”
LOCATION(S): Tony’s Seafood 1345 Western Blvd in Jacksonville
TIME: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm HOURS: 2 hours credit Registration fee: $15./$20
SPONSOR: Arnold Wilbert Corporation CONTACT: Vickie Zimmerman 919.735.5008
TITLE: “Navigating Through the Procedures & Statistics”
LOCATION(S): Arnold Wilbert Corporation 1401 W Grantham St. in Goldsboro
TIME: 8:30 am – 12:30 pm HOURS: 3.5 hours credit Registration fee: $25.00
SPONSOR: Regulatory Support Services CONTACT: David Partridge 804-784-7347
TITLE: Annual OSHA Training: When A Band-Aid Won’t Work” (3 hours credit)
LOCATION(s) Lea Funeral Home 2500 Poole Rd in Raleigh (1:30 pm – 4:30 pm)
Registration Fee: $ 95.00
SPONSOR: National Funeral Directors Assn. CONTACT: Shari Foucault 262-814-1551
TITLE: “Veterans Tributes & US Flag Etiquette for Funeral Homes” (Web Seminar)
TIME: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm HOURS: 1 hour credit Registration fee: Free/$149.
SPONSOR: National Funeral Directors Assn. CONTACT: Shari Foucault 262-814-1551
TITLE: “NFDA Leadership Conference”
LOCATION(S): The Chateau on the Lake in Branson, MO
TIME: 8:00 am – 9:30 am HOURS: 1 hour credit (July 29th) Registration fee: $405./$505.
(Preneed: How Does Your State Rate?)
MULTI-DATE PROGRAMS
SPONSOR: Vision Insurance Programs CONTACT: Michael Wilson 336-877-3960
DATE(S): SEE DATES BELOW
TITLE: “Professional Ethics & Funeral Funding for the 21st Century”
LOCATION(S) October 14th Golden Corral I-85 & Huffman Mill Rd, Exit 141 in Burlington
November 6th Sagebrush Steakhouse 117 Turnersburg Hwy in Statesville
November 18th Sagebrush Steakhouse 1302 Collegiate Dr. in Wilkesboro
December 2nd Ryan’s Steakhouse 2900 E Franklin St. in Gastonia
December 9th Golden Corral I-85 & Huffman Mill Rd, Exit 141 in Burlington
December 16th Golden Corral I-40 & Lenoir Rhyne Blvd in Hickory
TIME: 9:00 am – 3:20 pm HOURS: 5 hours credit Registration fee: $65.00
TITLE: “Ethics, Final Expense & Preneed”
LOCATION(S): October 20th Sagebrush Steakhouse 117 Turnersburg Hwy in Statesville
November 4th Sagebrush Steakhouse 1302 Collegiate Dr. in Wilkesboro
November 17th Ryans Steakhouse 2900 E Franklin St. in Gastonia
December 1st Golden Corral I-40 & Lenoir Rhyne Blvd in Hickory
TIME: 9:00 am – 3:20 pm HOURS: 6 hours credit Registration fee: $65.00
TITLE: November 10th “Insurance Ethics in Client Relationships”
November 11th “An Insurance Code of Ethics”
LOCATION(S): Holiday Inn 4100 Glenwood Ave. in Raleigh
TIME: 8:00 am – 2:15 pm each day HOURS: 5 hours each day Registration fee:
TITLE: “Certified Funeral Celebrants Training”
LOCATION(S): July 19-22 Mid-South Convention Center in Tunica, MS
August 21-23 Holiday Inn Express Hotel 10688 No. 6 Rd. in Richmond, BC
October 19-21 Sheraton Needham Hotel in Needham, MA
TIME: 8:am – 5: pm HOURS: 15 hours credit Registration fee: $700.00
AUDIO SEMINARS
ONLINE LEARNING:
Important information regarding the courses listed below- Only the course content has been approved.
Licensees must submit form BFS CE5 (form available by following this link) at least 30 days prior to taking approved online courses.
There is an annual limit of 2 hours of CE credit for online courses.
SPONSOR: Practicum Strategies CONTACT: Richard Santore 800-731-4714
TITLE: Courses Available: (Home Study)
“Bussiness Morals & Ethics & the Funeral Director”
“Motivation & Coaching for the Successful Funeral Director”
“Managing Stress for Funeral Professionals”
“Hazardous Chemicals & Toxic Substances”
“Complying with the Funeral Rule”
“Grief 101 for Funeral Directors”
“The Funeral Profession & Consumer Behavior”
“Coping with Stress as a Funeral Director”
“Sacred/Sensitive & Sane”
“Funeral Values”
“Moral Dilemmas Facing the Funeral Profession”
“Dealing with Communicable Diseases/AIDS”
“How Do We Tell the Children”
“Cremation: The Concept, The Client, The Caring”
“Cremation: The Process”
“Computers A-Z for the Funeral Home”
“Preneed Funeral Planning – A Basic Course”
“Introduction to Accounting for the Funeral Director”
“Power Communications for Funeral Professionals”
“Marketing 101 for Funeral Directors”
“Intermediate Marketing for Funeral Directors”
“Ethics for Funeral Directors”
“Living with the FTC’s Funeral Rule”
“OSHA for Small Business”
TIME: On Going HOURS: 2 hours credit Registration fee: $16.00
SPONSOR: Thanos Institute CONTACT: Mary E. Rizzo 800-742-8257
TITLE: Courses Available:
“Bereavement and the Funeral Director”
“Ethics in Funeral Service”
“Forensic Pathology for Funeral Directors”
“Funeral customs Past & Present”
“Management Skills for Funeral Directors”
“Unexpected, Traumatic Death & The Funeral Director”
“A Student Dies, A school Mourns……..Are you Prepared?”
“Restorative Art & Cosmetology”
“OSHA Compliance & FTC Rules”
“Embalming”
“Grief Counseling for the Funeral Directors”
TIME: On-going Registration fee: $45 one-time registration fee
$130. course fee
SPONSOR: National Funeral Directors Association CONTACT: Kathleen Walczak 262-814-1556
TITLE: Courses Available:
“ADA Employer Compliance: Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act”
“Communicable Diseases: What Every Funeral Home Must Know”
“Conflict Management for Funeral Directors: Successful Interpersonal Communication Practices”
“Controlling Your Accounts Receivable”
“Embalming the Obese Case”
“Ethics in the Real World: Guidelines for Ethical Decision-making in Funeral Service”
“Professional Ethics in Funeral Service: NCDA’s Code of Professional Conduct”
“Serving Hispanic Families”
“Time for Your Annual check-up: Financial Statements & Preneed Analysis”
“Understanding a Child’s Grief”
“Understanding Adult Grief: Developing Ways to Help Adult Grief: Developing Ways to Help
Adults on Their Grief Journeys”
“Understanding the Practice of the FTC Rule”
“Essential Skills of Communicating”
“Guaranteed Funerals: Is Preneed Right for You?”
“Risk Management: Controlling Liability Risk for Small Business”
TIME: On-going Registration fee: $95./$155.