Non-Traditional Careers by Geena Melone https://padlet.com/meloneg/78uteat00b4z Funeral Directors en-us 2018-01-30 16:12:09 UTC 2018-01-30 16:45:38 UTC hello@padlet.com Job Description meloneg https://padlet.com/meloneg/78uteat00b4z/wish/226168937
  • Funeral service workers organize and manage the details of a funeral.


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    • Traditionally take place in a house of worship, in a funeral home, at a gravesite, or crematory. 
      • Some families prefer holding the service in their home or in a social center.
      • The work is often stressful, because workers must arrange the various details of a funeral within 24 to 72 hours of a death. 
        • Also might have to manage multiple deaths in one day.
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  • An associate’s degree in funeral service or mortuary science
    • Some employers prefer applicants to have a bachelor’s degree.
  • Require applicants to be 21 years old
  • Have 2 years of formal education
  • Have supervised training 
    • Usually lasting 1 to 3 years, under the direction of a licensed funeral director or manager. The training may be completed before, during, or after graduating from a 2-year funeral service program.
  • Pass a state licensing exam
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  • 5% 2016-2026 (As fast as average, which is 7%)
  • For those who are licensed as both a funeral director and an embalmer, willing to relocate, and for certified crematory operators
  • Demand for funeral service workers will stem from deaths in the aging population.
    • A growing number of baby boomers prearrange their end-of-life services. 
      • 76 million births in the United States from 1946 to 1964.
        • If born in 1964, 54 years old today.



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  • Those working in crematories are exposed to high temperatures
    • Must wear protective clothing
  • Stand for long periods of time
  • Speak clearly so listeners can understand.
  • Understand the speech of another person.
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  • Funeral service managers:
    • $73,830/yr (average)
  • Morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors:
    • $50,090/yr (average)
  • Lowest:
    • Earned less than $27,950,
  • Highest:
    •  Earned more than $83,980.
       
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