Also called: Body Donation Program Coordinator, Willed Body Program Coordinator
Manages people who donate their bodies to science for medical education and research.
Answers calls from people planning to donate, receives and embalms donor bodies, prepares cadavers for anatomy labs, and organizes memorial services honoring donors.
Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in biology or mortuary science; embalming license often required.
Ways in: 4-year college, Trade school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Mortuary Science, Biology.
Growing about average. Steady.
Low risk for 10 years. AI can draft letters and schedules; talking with donors' families, embalming and preparing cadavers stay human.
Classes: Biology, Anatomy and physiology, Psychology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-4021.
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