Overview

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Day-to-Day

• 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.

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Embalmer

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Pathways to this Career

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Associate's Degree

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Bachelor's Degree

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Hospitality & Care

The primary activities of this group involve facilitating hospitality and recreation, including preparing and serving food, and providing personal wellness services.