Embalmers

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Job Outlook:

None

Education: Associate's degree

Salary

High: $79,830.00

Average: $54,120.00

Hourly

Average: $26.02

What they do:

Prepare bodies for interment in conformity with legal requirements.

On the job, you would:

Arrange funeral home equipment and perform general maintenance.
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.

Personality

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Characteristics of this Career
		92%	Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical.
		92%	Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
		91%	Self-Control - Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
		91%	Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
		90%	Concern for Others - Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
		85%	Stress Tolerance - Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
		83%	Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
		82%	Persistence - Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
		79%	Social Orientation - Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
		75%	Initiative - Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
		75%	Achievement/Effort - Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
		74%	Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
		70%	Independence - Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
		69%	Analytical Thinking - Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
		67%	Leadership - Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
		67%	Innovation - Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Strengths
		95%	Realistic - Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
		61%	Conventional - Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Values of the Work Environment
		72%	Support - Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
		72%	Independence - Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
		67%	Relationships - Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
		56%	Working Conditions - Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.

Aptitude

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Abilities \| Cognitive, Physical, Personality
		75%	Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
		66%	Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
		66%	Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
		60%	Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
		60%	Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
		60%	Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
		56%	Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
		56%	Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
		56%	Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
		53%	Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
		53%	Visualization - The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
		53%	Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Skills \| Cognitive, Physical, Personality
		55%	Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
		54%	Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
		54%	Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Job Details

Responsibilities

Transport biological or other medical materials.

Clean work areas.

Clean facilities or equipment.

Monitor operations to ensure compliance with safety or security policies or regulations.

Apply makeup to alter or enhance appearance.

Embalm corpses.

Apply decorative or textured finishes or coverings.

Direct funeral or mortuary activities.

Embalm corpses.

Collect information from people through observation, interviews, or surveys.

Embalm corpses.

Maintain client information or service records.

Embalm corpses.

Apply cleansing or conditioning agents to client hair, scalp, or skin.

Direct funeral or mortuary activities.

Supervise service workers.

Embalm corpses.

Handle caskets.

Direct funeral or mortuary activities.

Handle caskets.

Arrange items for use or display.

Direct funeral or mortuary activities.

Arrange items for use or display.

Perform basic equipment maintenance.

Testify at legal or legislative proceedings.

Assist practitioners to perform medical procedures.

File documents or records.

Embalm corpses.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent
		99%	Face-to-Face Discussions - How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
		99%	Telephone - How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
		97%	Indoors, Environmentally Controlled - How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
		94%	Time Pressure - How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
		92%	Frequency of Decision Making - How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
		92%	Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results - What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
		91%	Electronic Mail - How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
		91%	Deal With External Customers - How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
		89%	Importance of Being Exact or Accurate - How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
		89%	Contact With Others - How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
		87%	Freedom to Make Decisions - How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
		85%	Exposed to Disease or Infections - How often does this job require exposure to disease/infections?
		85%	Coordinate or Lead Others - How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
		84%	Exposed to Contaminants - How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
		83%	Structured versus Unstructured Work - To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
		82%	Exposed to Hazardous Conditions - How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions?
		81%	Physical Proximity - To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
		81%	Letters and Memos - How often does the job require written letters and memos?
		78%	Work With Work Group or Team - How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
		77%	In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment - How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)?
		76%	Consequence of Error - How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable?
		75%	Frequency of Conflict Situations - How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job?
		73%	Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets - How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets?
		69%	Responsible for Others' Health and Safety - How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?
		68%	Responsibility for Outcomes and Results - How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers?
		68%	Outdoors, Exposed to Weather - How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions?
		67%	Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls - How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
		64%	Importance of Repeating Same Tasks - How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job?
		60%	Public Speaking - How often do you have to perform public speaking in this job?
		60%	Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People - How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements?
		58%	Spend Time Standing - How much does this job require standing?
		51%	Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection - How much does this job require wearing specialized protective or safety equipment such as breathing apparatus, safety harness, full protection suits, or radiation protection?
		75%	Duration of Typical Work Week - Number of hours typically worked in one week.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Tasks & Values
		89%	Assisting and Caring for Others - Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
		85%	Documenting/Recording Information - Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
		83%	Handling and Moving Objects - Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
		83%	Making Decisions and Solving Problems - Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
		79%	Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
		76%	Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards - Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
		75%	Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge - Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
		74%	Processing Information - Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
		73%	Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events - Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
		73%	Performing for or Working Directly with the Public - Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
		71%	Communicating with People Outside the Organization - Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
		71%	Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships - Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
		71%	Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
		70%	Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings - Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
		68%	Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work - Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
		67%	Performing General Physical Activities - Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
		66%	Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment - Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.
		63%	Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People - Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
		59%	Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials - Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
		59%	Working with Computers - Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
		57%	Controlling Machines and Processes - Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
		57%	Thinking Creatively - Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
		55%	Performing Administrative Activities - Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
		54%	Scheduling Work and Activities - Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
		52%	Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information - Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
		52%	Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others - Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.

Getting Started

Education:

86%

Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)

14%

Bachelor's Degree

Embalmers

What they do:

On the job, you would:

Personality

Characteristics of this Career

Strengths

Values of the Work Environment

Aptitude

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

Skills | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

Job Details

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

Tasks & Values

Getting Started