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morticians
not sure where to post this..but i've been considering going to school to be a mortician/funeral director/etc. its something i've always wanted to do, and after posting in the "what's your dream job" thread it got me thinking..has anybody here ever done that? known anybody who has? done anything in that field? my experience is limited to shaving, washing, and preparing dead bodies of the residents in a nursing home i used to work at. would they care if i were in the adult industry? the people hiring me, not the dead ones haha :p i've never met anybody in that industry. i used to always call funeral homes to see if they needed extra help in any capacity would that help at all while going through school? i read that most of them work on their own, independently so maybe i wouldn't have to worry about my history in the adult industry..
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Simone, I would say that you should see if your local funeral homes has an apprenticeship program for those who wanted to become a mortician. Also you would need to attend a mortician school or community college for mortuary science and you would graduated after two years. Go to www.morticianschool.com and also in your own town...network with some morticians and embalmists to tell you which schools are the best to go to. Also I do not think that your job in the adult field will matter. I hope this helps.
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It sounds like a good career according to this article.
From:
http://www.businessinsider.com/great...-ignore-2013-7
"My friends whole family are morticians and funeral directors. Not one of them makes less than $50k. One of them finished mortician science school at 20 and started making $60k as an apprentice and in a couple years he'll be a full blown embalmer making twice that."
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A friend of mine went to mortuary school. He went to a school in Arkansas (I don't know the name) because he said it was the best one in the country. I personally have no idea how much validity there is to that but that could be something to look up.
It's been a long time since I talked to him, but I remember him saying after he graduated and got a job or internship, he would basically be on call all night in case someone died so his hours were wacky. Don't know if that was just an "entry level" thing, but I guess it makes sense for that line of work?
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thanks guys, didn't think i'd get even 3 replies!! the 60 k a year gave me some hope, i read somewhere else the median salary was 32 K a year..guess it has a lot to do with how good you are and where you are im guessing! there's a funeral home right near my apt..seems like every place i've lived has had a funeral home nearby!
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I was what they call a 'diener' for a while in college, assisting with autopsies in the hospital morgue. But we didn't make them look pretty, like they do in a funeral home.
We took them apart. I used a bone saw, rib cutters, cut open skulls, removed brains and all other internal organs, even testicles sometimes (you had to reach in from the abdomen to do it, kind of strange).
It was fascinating work, but I never really got used to the smell--not decomposition, we didn't get those bodies, they went to the medical examiner's office. But the moment you opened the abdominal cavity, the entire room smelled like shit--literally. That might not be such a problem for you though, it's only when you open that membrane enclosing the intestines (and other organs).
I do know it's a pretty decent field as far as money goes, and also reliability in times of recession, etc.
The guys who ran the funeral homes would come and pick up the bodies when we were through with them--it was funny to watch how careful they were not to get any blood or nasty stuff on their expensive suits.
:D
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I had a dream once about going into the funeral biz; I remember thinking to myself in my dream that that career is truly recession-proof. People are always dying, and family is always willing to pay crazy money to send their loved ones off with dignity.
Go for it, girl! And good luck.
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Q.What do necrophiliacs call morticians?
A.Pimps