Ray Hood

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The words of his tutor, Ray Hood, are still fresh in his mind, "Don't use the certificate to cover up a damp patch on the wall, show it off be proud to hold the Diploma and join the BIFD to carry on learning and keep up to date with all the developments and new regulations".

Mr.Raymond R. Hood, Embalmer

48 Cross Road, Maldon

Essex, England CM9 5EE

Phone: 07768-201505

E-Mail: rayhoodassociates@btinternet.com

Ray Hood

Ray Hood has been associated with funeral service since 1974, being a registered tutor with the British Institute of Funeral Directors since 1990.He qualified as an embalmer, winning the trustees award for the highest theoretical examination results, in 1994, prior to going on to become an accredited tutor with the British Institute of Embalmers in 1999.

In 1997 he was invited to formally become an ‘International Honorary Member' of ‘SIGMA PHI SIGMA' an educational fraternity based at the University of Southern Illinois, faculty of ‘Applied Sciences and Arts', and is entitled to all the rights and privileges appertaining to lawful membership.He has been a member of the European Association of Embalmers since its inception and is proud that his membership number is in single figures.

Ray has written for the BIFD Journal and the Funeral Service Journal.He is also involved with NVQ's, having established the first Funeral Service NVQ Centre in the country at City of Westminster College, where he served as ‘Internal Verifier'.His NVQ activities also extend to areas outside of the funeral industry and, include ‘Training and Development' and ‘Management'.He is also a ‘Key Skills' and an ‘Institute of Management' assessor, and has involvement with several ‘Advanced Modern Apprenticeship' schemes.