Human Services
Prepare bodies for interment in conformity with legal requirements.
Embalmers
Average
$34,000
ANNUAL
Entry Level
$18,000
ANNUAL
Mid Level
$35,500
ANNUAL
Expert Level
$53,000
ANNUAL
Embalmers
100
Projected job openings through 2028
Embalmers
Degree Recommendations
Embalmers
01
Dress bodies and place them in caskets.
02
Conform to laws of health and sanitation and ensure that legal requirements concerning embalming are met.
03
Close incisions, using needles and sutures.
04
Attach trocar to pump-tube, start pump, and repeat probing to force embalming fluid into organs.
05
Wash and dry bodies, using germicidal soap and towels or hot air dryers.
06
Incise stomach and abdominal walls and probe internal organs, using trocar, to withdraw blood and waste matter from organs.
07
Join lips, using needles and thread or wire.
08
Reshape or reconstruct disfigured or maimed bodies when necessary, using dermasurgery techniques and materials such as clay, cotton, plaster of Paris, and wax.
09
Pack body orifices with cotton saturated with embalming fluid to prevent escape of gases or waste matter.
10
Make incisions in arms or thighs and drain blood from circulatory system and replace it with embalming fluid, using pump.
Embalmers
Common knowledge, skills & abilities needed to get a foot in the door.
KNOWLEDGE
Customer and Personal Service
KNOWLEDGE
English Language
KNOWLEDGE
Chemistry
KNOWLEDGE
Administration and Management
KNOWLEDGE
Biology
SKILL
Speaking
SKILL
Active Listening
SKILL
Critical Thinking
SKILL
Monitoring
SKILL
Social Perceptiveness
ABILITY
Problem Sensitivity
ABILITY
Near Vision
ABILITY
Oral Comprehension
ABILITY
Oral Expression
ABILITY
Deductive Reasoning
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