Your best bet - would be to contact some funeral businesses in your area - they can tell you what qualifications you'd need, and where to train.
Gateshead is in the county of Tyne and Wear.
To find jobs in Tyne and Wear go to Guardian jobs and search with Tyne and Wear as the keywords. You will find a list of jobs in various job fields as a search result.
Strictly speaking it is in Tyne and Wear, but some people will still say its in Northumberland. Newcastle upon Tyne is in the County of Northumberland. The former Metropolitan County of Tyne and Wear was abolished in 1986.
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Tyne & Wear
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Patrick Collerton was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in Tyne and Wear, England, UK.
Liz Carter was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, in Tyne and Wear, England, UK.
Jeanne Golding was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, in Tyne and Wear, England, UK.
The administrative centre of the county Tyne and Wear is where the local residents can go to find information and administrative forms for the local council.
I presume you mean the Newcastle (-upon Tyne) that is part of Tyne and Wear. Historically Newcastle is in Northumberland.
There are a couple websites that have advertisements put up for jobs at Tyne and Wear. You may want to try such sites as Monster, Workopolis and Indeed.