Also called: Funeral Service Educator
Teaches embalming, restorative art, grief psychology and funeral law at a mortuary college.
She lectures on embalming chemistry in the morning, then supervises students in the lab as they practice on donated bodies.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 6 years after high school. Funeral director/embalmer license plus usually a bachelor's or master's.
Ways in: 2-year college, 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Mortuary Science, Education.
Growing about average.
Low risk for 10 years. Some theory moves online; teaching embalming and restorative art in a lab stays hands-on.
Classes: Biology, Chemistry, Speech.
Official data: O*NET occupation 25-1194.
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