Being A Mortician

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When I get out of high school, I plan to be a mortician. I think being a mortician is an interesting job. A mortician is a person who gets to prepare dead people for their funeral and to arrange and manage funerals. To become a mortician, you will need a few years of school. For some people, being a mortician is a very difficult job.
It can take upto two years to finish all the schooling, but it just depends on when you do your internship. I will need to have a high school diploma and an associate degree in mortuary science. I plan to still live in Arkansas. I also will have to do an internship in a funeral home. There are many local funeral homes that will let me do an internship for one year. After that I can take a license state test but I have to be over twenty one years old. All morticians have to pass the license state class to be qualified to be an mortician. Most people that attend mortician college, only a very few doesn’t finish. There is a 90% of graduation in 2014. Employment for morticians to suppose to grow five percent from 2014 to 2024.
To some people, morticians make really good money. In 2012 in the United States, the pay was at least $46,840. The top pay one year is about $80,900 but the lowest pay is less than $26,580. Being most experience does not really matter in this job category. Most people that only have
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People describe their mood by being quiet and somber. Sometimes morticians have to plan funerals between the 24 to 72 hours of death. They may have to plan multiple funerals on the same day. Morticians always want to meet the family and friends expectations of making the decrease person look the best. Also they want the funeral service to be the best. Morticians jobs can be very difficult too. Some Of them may come across somebody that has a disease. If they do there job correctly by following health regulation and proper safety instructions , they should not be in

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