Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an embalmer can go next

4 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an embalmer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Embalmers arrange for the removal of bodies of deceased persons from the place of death and they prepare the bodies for burials and cremations. They clean and disinfect the bodies, use make-up to create the impression of a more natural appearance and hide any visible damage. They are in close contact with funeral services directors in order to comply with the wishes of the deceased family members.

Also known as funeral embalmer, tanatopractor.

Service and sales workers 27 skills on file 4 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: funeral attendant, 53%

Fig. 2 · Career map 4 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
funeral attendant 53% covered cemetery attendant 45% covered funeral services director 41% covered hearse driver 21% covered embalmer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 4 nearest destinations from embalmer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an embalmer already covers. All 4 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Only 4 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An embalmer needs 11 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • move bodies of deceased persons handling and moving
  • cooperate with funeral directors communication, collaboration and creativity
  • dress bodies handling and moving
  • embalm bodies assisting and caring
  • maintain inventory of tools information skills
  • cosmetics services
  • work with chemicals handling and moving
  • promote human rights communication, collaboration and creativity
  • show diplomacy communication, collaboration and creativity
  • maintain professional administration management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an embalmer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Embalmer is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an embalmer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.