Who does what?

It is useful to know who usually does what. There can be an overlap between the roles especially where families do as much as possible themselves, so this table helps to make the division of roles easier to grasp:

Task	You	Burial Ground	Funeral Director	Minister/Celebrant
Obtaining a medical certificate	X
Registering the death	X
Offering a burial plot		X
Grave digging		X
Administration and coordination	DIY		X
Coffin or shroud	DIY		X
Care before the burial	DIY		X
Preparing the service	X			X
​Producing the order of service	DIY		X	X
Transport	DIY		X
​Bearing the coffin	X		X
​Leading the event	X			X
Backfilling the grave		X
​Mapping and recording the burial		X