Embalmers

This occupation is part of the Personal Care and Service cluster

Prepare bodies for interment in conformity with legal requirements.

Conform to laws of health and sanitation and ensure that legal requirements concerning embalming are met.

Attach trocar to pump-tube, start pump, and repeat probing to force embalming fluid into organs.

Incise stomach and abdominal walls and probe internal organs, using trocar, to withdraw blood and waste matter from organs.

Reshape or reconstruct disfigured or maimed bodies when necessary, using dermasurgery techniques and materials such as clay, cotton, plaster of Paris, and wax.

Pack body orifices with cotton saturated with embalming fluid to prevent escape of gases or waste matter.

Make incisions in arms or thighs and drain blood from circulatory system and replace it with embalming fluid, using pump.

People who work in this occupation generally have the interest code: RCI.

This means people who work in this occupation generally have Realistic interests, but also prefer Conventional and Investigative environments.

People who work in this occupation generally prize Support, but also value Independence and Relationships in their jobs.

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