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Embalmers
Description
Prepare bodies for interment in conformity with legal requirements.
Common Tasks
- Remove the deceased from place of death and transport to funeral home.
- 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.
- Incise stomach and abdominal walls and probe internal organs, using trocar, to withdraw blood and waste matter from organs.
- Close incisions, using needles and sutures.
Required Education
No education requirement is available for this occupation.
Wages
In 2016 the mean hourly wage in California was $22.39 . The hourly rate for this occupation typically paid between $12.57 and $31.34 .
In 2016 the mean annual salary in California was $46,581.58 . The annual salary for this occupation typically paid between $26,146.05 and $65,171.38 .
Occupation Outlook
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