Description
Prepare bodies for interment in conformity with legal requirements.
Interests
- Realistic
- Conventional
- Social
Work Values
- Independence
- Support
- Relationships
Work Styles
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Self-Control
- Concern for Others
Tasks
- 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.
- Join lips, using needles and thread or wire.
- Close incisions, using needles and sutures.
- Incise stomach and abdominal walls and probe internal organs, using trocar, to withdraw blood and waste matter from organs.
Work Activities
- Assisting and Caring for Others
- Documenting/Recording Information
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems
- Getting Information
Detailed Work Activities
- Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
- Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
- Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
- Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
Technology Skills
- Word processing software
- Data base user interface and query software
- Spreadsheet software
- Office suite software
- Internet browser software
Abilities
- Near Vision
- Oral Comprehension
- Problem Sensitivity
- Arm-Hand Steadiness
- Oral Expression
Skills
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Service Orientation
- Social Perceptiveness
Knowledge
- Customer and Personal Service
- Chemistry
- Psychology
- English Language
- Law and Government
Most Common Education Level
The “Most Common Education Level” refers to the level of education held by the majority of workers in a given occupation. For example, if the highest percentage of workers in a role have an Associate’s Degree, that suggests this is the typical educational requirement. Knowing this helps you plan how many years of education you may need to pursue that career.
Certificates
Certificate name
National Board ExaminationCertifying Organization
International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards
Type
Core
Income Percentile
The income percentiles show how earnings are distributed within a profession. The 10th percentile means that 10% of workers earned less than that amount. The median (50th percentile) indicates that half of workers earned more, and half earned less. The 90th percentile reflects what the top 10% of earners in the field make.
| Income Percentile | Annual Income |
|---|---|
| Low (10%) | $43,036 |
| Median (50%) | $49,223 |
| High (90%) | $60,670 |
Income by Experience
This table shows how income typically grows with experience—from entry level (0–2 years), to mid-level (3–5 years), to senior level (6–8 years), to expert level (8+ years).
| Experience | Income |
|---|---|
Entry Level  | $47,415 |
| Mid Level | N/A |
| Senior Level | N/A |
| Expert Level | N/A |
Employability
There are currently 3,400 jobs in this career path. Over the next 10 years, that number is expected to increase to 3,500 positions, reflecting a projected growth of 1%.
The Projected Job Growth figure refers to the expected increase or decrease in employment within a specific career field over a certain period of time.
Projected Job Growth of 1%
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