Comments on: How to Become a Mortician

on 10/11/2008 I am the mother of a child who wants to become a mortician. This is her passion in life and I want to do everything I can to help her attain that goal. She does not want the two year degree, she wants a masters degree and it is unbelievable to find that there are so few schools that offer this as a major. If there is anyone with any information that may help me to help her, please feel free to offer that assistance.

on 10/9/2008 Anyone that calls themselves morticia is an embarressment to my profession. I'm tired of every sick goth freak trying to become a Funeral Director/Embalmer. Take a few more years to mature and then maybe get a part-time job washing cars at a funeral home.

on 9/12/2008 I have spent most of my life having upmost respect for the dead and at age 26 I realized that I had been chosen for something special, I would be a mortition. It is all I want to do with my life and I hope I will find the strenth to complete my studies no matter who comes against me.

on 4/16/2008 Hi I work in home care with elderly, and death is something that I deal with as part of my job. I really think that being a mortician would be a awesome job for me. People think I'm crazy. I just think that when someone passes, they deserve some respect. Think about it, wouldn't you want someone who does the job and love it? If you were dead wouldn't you want someone to make you look well prepared at the funeral home? I think it would be cool to have a job like that.

on 4/16/2008 Hi I work in home care with elderly, and death is something that I deal with as part of my job. I really think that being a mortician would be a awesome job for me. People think I'm crazy. I just think that when someone passes, they deserve some respect. Think about it, wouldn't you want someone who does the job and love it? If you were dead wouldn't you want someone to make you look well prepared at the funeral home? I think it would be cool to have a job like that.

on 4/10/2008 Thank you, now I know where to start. But it's more to do than I first anticipated.

on 11/18/2007 AM A CITIZEN OF KENYA. CAN I WORK IN USA AS A MORTICIAN

on 11/18/2007 am an african considering becoming a mortician. advise.

on 8/22/2007 I am looking to start my own funeral home. I need some advise on a good way to get started. If you have any advise you can contact me at jermainethomas101@yahoo.com. Thanks

on 7/21/2007 Hello
I'm serious doing this kind of job and I've thought about this for pretty long time. I remember back in my High School when school was out for the summer. I did went to a funeral home and ask questions and wanted to work to see if i fit in this job or not. The guy who runs it, he told me i was too young. At that time i was 17 or 18. Today i'm 28 and i want to do this kind of thing. ANYWAYS can ya'll tell me which schools are good and cheap to become a mortician? if so please email me Jokal@tmail.com thanks

on 6/21/2007 At 33, I am about to start college for my basics. I want to be a mortician, without doubt. I just don't know how to get started. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. d-dixon@excite.com

on 6/21/2007 At 33, I am about to start college for my basics. I want to be a mortician, without doubt. I just don't know how to get started. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. d-dixon@excite.com

on 4/11/2007 Hmmm... being a Mortician has been jokingly suggested to me, but I've been seriously considering it for a while..... *looks into it*

on 2/28/2007 i want a job in edinburgh as a mortician how do i go about getting a job like this

on 6/30/2006 Don't confuse a mortician with a funeral director. Funeral directors are morticians, but a mortician is not necessarily a funeral director. A mortician is someone who works on a corpse, nothing more! A funeral director is a business manager. Advanced physiology science classes are becoming a norm in college for a mortuary science degree. You must have basic hazmat knowledge, you must know almost as much as a paralegal does in relation to all the questions and help you will have to offer families, on property estate wills, power of attorney. You will also want to have accounting/tax basic knowledge so you don't get an accountant that will screw you over. Be prepared to deal with people who think death is free and don't want to pay you; even though you have a business to run, employees to manage and pay (even priests get paid people). You also have to have a good temperament for directing families on where to sit, stand, park vehicles, along with the legal things mentioned before. It's not warm and fuzzy trying to help people (like most think that are going into this field). You have to be willing to do your own housekeeping and parking lot maintenance, because most funeral homes don't have maids. You're on call all hours 24/7, regardless of you being ill and unable to speak or not. You can't say no I'm not coming in to get the body!

In New York continuing education requirements are to be met every year to keep your license active. So are you as ready as you thought you were? This is only the tip of the iceberg that I mentioned here. I've was born and raised in a funeral home family, and I don't even know the half of it! My brother is an excellent funeral director, but foremost he is a very hard working business manager. So get ready- if you're willing.