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.
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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:
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You might use software like this on the job: Project management software
Word processing software
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