Funeral Director
By:Kerra Cobb
Description
- Embalming
- Cremation
- Burial
- Preparing body for funeral
- Planning funeral
- Washing body
- Clothing Body
- Reconstructing or reshaping body parts
- Communicating with family
- Transports Body
Salary Range
- 26,470-85,910
- Paid holidays
- Paid vacation
Advancement Prospects
- This is an open field
- The bigger the area the more opportunity
- Most people own their own funeral home
- Over time more funeral directors will be needed
Advancement Prospect
- You may go from intern to getting hired
- You may go from embalmer to funeral director
- You may go from working for someone to owning your own business
Special Skills/ Traits Required
- Calm
- Communicate easily
- Exact and accurate with your work
- Tactful
Educational Requirements
Must take classed like ....
- Mortuary science program for 2 or 4 years
- anatomy
- physiology pathologist
- embalming
- restorative arts
- business management
- accounting
- Must complete year long internship with a licensed funeral director or embalmer
- 620 Emerald Rd N, Greenwood, SC 29646 (800) 868-5528
- http://www.ptc.edu/
- 5703 students
- Funeral Service
Certifications
- Funeral directors must be licensed by the state
- Embalmers bust be licensed by the state
- 30 states require you continue education in order to maintain license
Advice
- Be a good communicator
- Be able to pay attention to detail
- Expect different things everyday
- Expect crazy work hours
Something Unique
Embalmer can also be funeral home directors
"Embalmers." Ferguson's Career Guidance Center. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 11 Dec. 2015. <http://fcg.infobase.com/recordurl.asp?aid=101204&id=185911>.
Devantier, Alecia T., and Carol A. Turkington. "Funeral Director." Ferguson's Career Guidance Center. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 11 Dec. 2015. <http://fcg.infobase.com/recordurl.asp?aid=101204&id=9262>.
Author, No. "A Job Hunter's Guide to Recruiter Code Words." Ferguson's Career Guidance Center. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 11 December 2015. <http://fcg.infobase.com/recordurl.asp?aid=101204&id=25012>.