Celebrant

Entry Requirements:

You can get into this job through:

• a private training course

Entry requirements:

Entry requirements:

Entry requirements:

OtherRoutes

You do not need formal qualifications to become a celebrant though training may help your career prospects. There are different courses you can do with private training providers and through organisations like Humanists UK .

Courses vary in length, cost and entry requirements, and include:

• level 3 Certificate and Diploma in Celebrancy
• wedding, funeral and naming ceremonies training
• postgraduate Master's in Existential Humanist and Pastoral Care

You'll need excellent organisational skills and sensitivity to people's emotions when planning and conducting ceremonies.

Experience in wedding or event planning may be helpful but is not essential.

Required Skills:

Digital skills : to be able to use a computer and the main software packages competently

Skills:

• sensitivity and understanding
• customer service skills
• excellent verbal communication skills
• business management skills
• the ability to work well with others
• leadership skills
• the ability to use your initiative
• active listening skills
• knowledge of teaching and the ability to design courses
• patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
• knowledge of philosophy and religion
• the ability to accept criticism and work well under pressure
• the ability to understand people’s reactions
• the ability to read English
• knowledge of psychology
• the ability to think clearly using logic and reasoning
• thinking and reasoning skills
• complex problem-solving skills
• a good memory
• concentration skills

What you'll do:

Celebrants conduct personalised wedding, naming and funeral ceremonies. They also help mark other important occasions and relationships.

In your day-to-day duties you could:

• meet with couples and families to plan the ceremony they want
• offer practical advice on things like venues, music and timings
• help clients to write personal vows, tributes or readings
• organise a rehearsal before the actual event
• lead the ceremony on the day
• advise clients about legal obligations, like registering a marriage
• produce a copy of the ceremony for the clients to keep
• market your business to attract clients

Location : You could work at a venue, at a client's home or in a place of worship.
Environment : Your working environment may be outdoors some of the time.

Salary:

Starter : variable
Experienced : variable

These figures are a guide

Working hours:

0 - 0 hours irregular

Working Pattern is as a contractor / self-employed as customers demand

Career Path:

As an experienced celebrant, you may wish to train in conducting different types of ceremonies, or set up your own celebrant training business. You could also offer related services, like wedding or event planning.

You could use your skills to move into areas like counselling, for example bereavement counselling or family mediation.