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Embalmers

Prepare bodies for interment in conformity with legal requirements.

Tasks
26 tasks24 core, 2 supplemental
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Personal Care & ServiceOne of its 34 occupations
Code
39-4011.00SOC 2018: 39-4011

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  1. Task 1. Conform to laws of health and sanitation and ensure that legal requirements concerning embalming are met.Core taskTask 4487Rated by 56 people who do the job, August 2021
  2. Task 2. Apply cosmetics to impart lifelike appearance to the deceased.Core taskTask 4488Rated by 56 people who do the job, August 2021
  3. Task 3. Join lips, using needles and thread or wire.Core taskTask 4495Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2021
  4. Task 4. Close incisions, using needles and sutures.Core taskTask 4490Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2021
  5. Task 5. Incise stomach and abdominal walls and probe internal organs, using trocar, to withdraw blood and waste matter from organs.Core taskTask 4489Rated by 56 people who do the job, August 2021
  6. Task 6. Clean and disinfect areas in which bodies are prepared and embalmed.Core taskTask 23930Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2021
  7. Task 7. Dress bodies and place them in caskets.Core taskTask 4493Rated by 56 people who do the job, August 2021
  8. Task 8. Make incisions in arms or thighs and drain blood from circulatory system and replace it with embalming fluid, using pump.Core taskTask 4492Rated by 56 people who do the job, August 2021
  9. Task 9. Remove the deceased from place of death and transport to funeral home.Core taskTask 20257Rated by 56 people who do the job, August 2021
  10. Task 10. Perform the duties of funeral directors, including coordinating funeral activities.Core taskTask 4494Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2021
  11. Task 11. Attach trocar to pump-tube, start pump, and repeat probing to force embalming fluid into organs.Core taskTask 4497Rated by 54 people who do the job, August 2021
  12. Task 12. Reshape or reconstruct disfigured or maimed bodies when necessary, using dermasurgery techniques and materials such as clay, cotton, plaster of Paris, and wax.Core taskTask 4491Rated by 56 people who do the job, August 2021
  13. Task 13. Pack body orifices with cotton saturated with embalming fluid to prevent escape of gases or waste matter.Core taskTask 4504Rated by 56 people who do the job, August 2021
  14. Task 14. Conduct interviews to arrange for the preparation of obituary notices, to assist with the selection of caskets or urns, and to determine the location and time of burials or cremations.Core taskTask 4496Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2021
  15. Task 15. Insert convex celluloid or cotton between eyeballs and eyelids to prevent slipping and sinking of eyelids.Core taskTask 4500Rated by 56 people who do the job, August 2021
  16. Task 16. Assist with placing caskets in hearses and organize cemetery processions.Core taskTask 4505Rated by 56 people who do the job, August 2021
  17. Task 17. Maintain records, such as itemized lists of clothing or valuables delivered with body and names of persons embalmed.Core taskTask 4499Rated by 56 people who do the job, August 2021
  18. Task 18. Wash and dry bodies, using germicidal soap and towels or hot air dryers.Core taskTask 4501Rated by 56 people who do the job, August 2021
  19. Task 19. Arrange for transporting the deceased to another state for interment.Core taskTask 4502Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2021
  20. Task 20. Perform special procedures necessary for remains that are to be transported to other states or overseas, or where death was caused by infectious disease.Core taskTask 4498Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2021
  21. Task 21. Supervise funeral attendants and other funeral home staff.Core taskTask 4503Rated by 56 people who do the job, August 2021
  22. Task 22. Serve as pallbearers, attend visiting rooms, and provide other assistance to the bereaved.Core taskTask 4506Rated by 56 people who do the job, August 2021
  23. Task 23. Direct casket and floral display placement and arrange guest seating.Core taskTask 4507Rated by 56 people who do the job, August 2021
  24. Task 24. Arrange funeral home equipment and perform general maintenance.Core taskTask 4508Rated by 55 people who do the job, August 2021
  25. Task 25. Assist coroners at death scenes or at autopsies, file police reports, and testify at inquests or in court, if employed by a coroner.Supplemental taskTask 4509Rated by 56 people who do the job, August 2021
  26. Task 26. Press diaphragm to evacuate air from lungs.Supplemental taskTask 4510Rated by 56 people who do the job, August 2021

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  2. Classification
    Standard Occupational Classification 2018, 39-4011
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