Maine Funeral Homes

On-the-job Training

• Initiating Service
  • Intake / initial call
  • Transportation of body
  • Procuring body history / data
  • Preparation of legal documents - death certificate, burial permit
• Sanitation
  • Body and area sanitation
  • Personal hygiene
  • Conform to State health laws
• Embalming
  • Use trocar to remove organ waste
  • Inject embalming fluid using arterial, carotid, and hairpin tubes
  • Remove blood and fluids using varied drain tubes and pumps
  • Clear cavities using aspirators
  • Lay out body using varied hand/body positioners
  • incise and suture cavities
  • Pack body orifices with cotton and fluid
• Body Restoration and Correction
  • Apply cosmetics
  • Reshape or reconstruct disfigurations
  • Join lips using sutures
  • Dress and arrange body in casket
• Equipment Maintenance
  • Cadaver lifts, body positioners
  • Aspirators, pumps, forceps, clamps, drains, hoses, trocars, surgical scissors, incisers, needles
  • Sterilizers, autoclaves
  • Makeup kits, brushes, sprayers
• Purchasing Inventory and Control
  • Purchasing inventory and control
• Record Keeping
  • Municipal, state, business
• Funeral Arrangements / Directing
  • Conduct interviews
  • Arrange obituary notices
  • Assist with selection of caskets/urns
  • Coordinate location and time of burials
  • Coordinate visiting, viewing, and memorial sessions
  • Arrange flowers, music, visual, military, or other arrangements as requested
  • Transportation of body to cemetery / crematorium