Embalmers
Also called:
Embalmer, Mortician, Licensed Embalmer, Apprentice Embalmer
What they do:
Prepare bodies for interment in conformity with legal requirements.
On the job, you would:
- Conform to laws of health and sanitation and ensure that legal requirements concerning embalming are met.
- Apply cosmetics to impart lifelike appearance to the deceased.
- Incise stomach and abdominal walls and probe internal organs, using trocar, to withdraw blood and waste matter from organs.
Math and Science
Business
- customer service
- administrative services
Arts and Humanities
Safety and Government
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Basic Skills
- talking to others
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Hand and Finger Use
- keep your arm or hand steady
- put together small parts with your fingers
Verbal
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- use rules to solve problems
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People interested in this work like activities that include
practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Concern for Others
- Self Control
- Innovation
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You might use software like this on the job:
Project management software
- Belmar & Associates Mortware
- Custom Data Systems Sterling Enterprise Management Software
Word processing software
- Corel WordPerfect software
- Microsoft Word
Data base user interface and query software
- FPA Software MACCS
- HMIS Advantage
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associate's degree or
bachelor's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
$43,800
per year, on average
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