5163-Undertakers and embalmers

Job Title ( International classification ): 
Undertakers and embalmers
ISCO Code: 
5163
Job Description: 
Undertakers and embalmers perform various tasks in the disposal of dead human bodies.
Tasks: 

Main Tasks include -

  • (a) making arrangements for, and conducting, funerals, cremations and burials
  • (b) embalming human bodies to retard or arrest the process of decay
  • (c) conforming to health and sanitation and ensuring that legal requirements concerning embalming are met
  • (d) incising and closing incisions on various parts of the body and reshaping or reconstructing disfigured or maimed bodies when necessary
  • (e) dressing bodies and placing them in caskets
  • (f) conducting interviews to arrange for preparation of obituary notices, to assist with the selection of caskets or urns, and to determine the location and time of burials or cremations.
Inclusions: 

Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Embalmer
- Undertaker

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