Being A Mortician
The word mortician brings what images to mind? The career of a
mortician is surprisingly different than it is portraied in movies and
books. is a very rewarding job both personal as well as
psychological to those with the temperament, training and discipline
required to do the job properly. In this paper I'll be reporting the
requirements to become a mortician, also called funeral director or
undertaker, the duties the job requires of you, and the outlook of this
career in the future of the United States.
To become a funeral director in the United States today isn't an
easy task. You need to be twenty-one, a high school graduate with some
undergraduate college work, as well as at ...
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wants two years; and the other
third requires three years of credit(IRN 9). A concentration of courses is
also required in some of the states. You may need to take 15 credits in
natural science, 13 in social sciences, 13 in business, 14 in chemistry(IRN
10). In addition to your college work, you will need at least 50 credit
hours of professional work in mortuary science. "There are about 40
schools of mortuary science officially recognized by the U.S. Department of
Education today"(Shipley 220). The curriculum generally consists of
courses in:
"Embalming, Restorative Art, Chemistry, Microbiology, Pathology, Anatomy,
Small Business Management, Funeral Home management, Merchandising,
Accounting, Funeral Home Law, Computers, History and sociology of Funeral
Service, Psychology of Grief, Grief Counseling, oral and Written
Communication, Funeral Service Law, Business Law, and Ethics"(IRN 11).
Along with educational requirements you need to look at the personal
requirements it ...
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for a
long period of time and which will prevent it from further disease or decay,
if death has been caused by a specific infectious disease."(Lamers 420).
Tubes are then inserted in the artery or vein. The tube in this artery is
connected to a mechanical pump that injects a preservative and disinfectant
solution into the blood system.(Lamers 426). The chemicals eventually push
all the blood out of the system and take its place in the circulatory
system. "The final step is the completion of yet another procedure to
remove gases and liquids from the trunk organs and this introduces yet
another disinfectant chemical into the area"(IRN 7). If the body is
disfigured in any way you may ...
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