Description

On-Site Crematory Operator Training & Certification Course – Human & Pet Cremation Equipment

Bring expert, hands-on B&L Crematory Operator Training & Certification directly to your facility with our comprehensive on-site course — designed for funeral homes, crematories, pet aftercare services, veterinary practices, and mixed human/pet operations. No traveling required, no downtime away from your team — we come to you for personalized, practical instruction that meets or exceeds industry standards and many state regulatory requirements.

Why On-Site Training? In-person, facility-specific training ensures your operators master your own cremation operations, safety protocols, and ethical handling right where they work — using your actual cremation units. This real-world approach builds confidence, reduces errors, and strengthens chain-of-custody compliance for both human remains and beloved pets. Somethings cannot be fully learned inside a classroom.

Course Overview & Certification: Our intensive, industry-aligned program delivers certification upon successful completion (including exam). Participants gain the knowledge and credentials to operate crematory equipment safely, professionally, and in full compliance — whether for human cremations or pet memorials.

Who This Course Is For:

• New or existing operators needing initial certification or renewal
• Teams at funeral homes with human crematories
• Pet cremation services, vet clinics, or standalone pet memorial facilities
• Facilities handling both human and pet cremations seeking unified, compliant training

Key Topics Covered (Human & Pet Applications):

• Protecting the Environment – Your Responsibility

Goal is to familiarize you with:
1. What the environmental concerns are related to cremation.
2. What air pollutants are important.

Objectives upon completing this session, you should be able to:
1. Identify environmental concerns related to cremation.
2. Lists the types of air pollutants of concern that could be emitted to the atmosphere from crematories.
3. Recognize your role in preventing air pollutants.

• The Crematory Operator’s Role

It is the operator’s role and responsibility to protect the environment by:
1. Complying with all emission limits and operating practices specified in your permit to operate.
2. Minimizing emissions of particulate matter, carbon monoxide and organic compounds through proper operation of your equipment.
3. Minimizing particulate matter emission from ash handling.
4. Performing regular maintenance inspections to catch any operational problems early.

• Basic Combustion Principles

Goal is to familiarize you with:
1. Basic combustion terminology.
2. How the combustion process works and how you affect the process.
3. Indicators of good combustion and poor combustion.

Objective is to familiarize you with:
1. List the three factors that are needed for combustion to occur.
2. List the combustion products that are generated under good combustion and poor combustion conditions.
3. Describe the relationship between the amount of fuel, air, and waste.
4. Describe how combustion air requirements are affected by the combustion process.
5. Describe what happens when you have too much or too little combustion air.
6. Estimate the heating value off different types of cremations.
7. Describe how the combustion gas oxygen level is related to combustion air.
8. Define opacity and describe what happens to opacity under poor combustion conditions.
9. Recognize the definitions of these terms:
– Heating value
– Stoichiometric (theoretical) air
– Excess air
– Products of incomplete combustion
– Starved air

• Overview of cremation processes, completing a cremation with our factory trained technician
• Equipment operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and safety features specific to your on-site units
• Principles of combustion, emissions control, environmental regulations, and best practices for clean, efficient burns
• Chain of custody, positive identification, record-keeping, and tamper-prevention protocols
• Ethical considerations, compassionate handling of remains, and family communication (critical for grieving families & pet parents)
• Legal & regulatory compliance: state-specific rules, OSHA/PPE requirements, disease control, and risk reduction
• Professional terminology, forms/documentation, and quality assurance to prevent mix-ups
• Special focus on pet cremation: private/partitioned vs. communal, owner witnessing options, and building trust in pet aftercare

Pricing & Group Details:

• Base price ($1,650) includes training and certification for up to 5 participants — perfect for small-to-medium teams or staff onboarding
• Additional participants can be added at a per-person rate ($275 Per Additional Person)
• Four (4) hour training course, including completing a cremation with our factory trained technician
• Includes Training Manual (digital download), hands-on demos, final exam, and official B&L Cremation Systems Crematory Operators Certification(mailed from B&L once course is completed)

Benefits of Choosing Our On-Site Program:

• Convenience — Eliminate traveling, lodging, and lost work time
• Customized & Practical — Training tailored to your cremation equipment, workflows, and state regulations
• Team Building — Train multiple staff together for consistent standards and better internal knowledge sharing
• Proven Industry Alignment — Draws from best practices & over 40 years as a leading crematory manufacturer, while focusing on both human dignity and pet compassion
• Peace of Mind — Manufacturer Certified Operators help protect your reputation, meet compliance demands, and provide families with trustworthy service

Elevate your cremation operations with professional, on-site certification that honors every life — human or furry. Whether you’re expanding pet services or ensuring flawless human cremations, our training equips your team to deliver excellence every time.

Ready to schedule your on-site Crematory Operator Training & Certification Course?

Our service coordinator will contact you when we schedule your training & certification course with plenty of notice. At this time, we are uncertain of the exact date of your training & certification course.

• If you are in need of a Tune-up/PMI on on your Human Cremation equipment or your Single Chamber Pet Cremation Equipment please click here.

• If you are in need of a Tune-up/PMI on on your Multi-chamber Pet Cremation Equipment please click here.

Estimated 6-8 weeks from time of purchasing service to technician arrival to preform training & certification course.

To decrease your facilities liability while work is performed, please make sure that the machine(s) is less than 100 degrees Fahrenheit when the technician arrives. Also, please have a competent individual familiar with safety procedures with the technician at all times. You will also need to have an OSHA approved ladder available and the ability to lockout/tagout the equipment being serviced.

By placing this order you are agreeing to the following:

Title of the goods which are the subject of this proposal shall remain the sellers until such time as the amount of the proposal is paid in full. If the total amount is not paid at the maturity thereof, the customer agrees to pay a service charge of 1-1½% per month on the unpaid balance and further agrees to pay all costs of collection, including reasonable attorney’s fees and court costs, if the delinquent account is turned over for collection whether suit be brought or not. It is specifically agreed that should either party file suit for breach of this agreement, exclusive jurisdiction and venue shall be in Pinellas County, Florida. Purchaser agrees that until full payment is made, it will not encumber or dispose of the collateral, and will not remove or modify it without seller’s express written permission. If purchaser shall, in any manner, default under terms of this payment agreement as a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code, and, in conjunction with those rights, may, at its sole discretion, enter upon purchaser’s property to take possession of, assemble and collect the collateral.