Undertakers and embalmers

Undertakers and embalmers perform various tasks in the disposal of dead human bodies.

Skill level: Semi-skilled

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  • Salary range for the majority of workers in Undertakers and embalmers - from Ksh19,006 to Ksh402,332 per month - 2025.
  • A Undertakers and embalmers typically earns between Ksh19,006 and Ksh52,662 net per month at the start of the job.
  • After 5 years of service, this is between Ksh19,929 and Ksh51,631 per month for a working week of 45 hours.

Job Responsibilities

  • Making arrangements for and conducting funerals, cremations and burials
  • Embalming human remains to retard or arrest the process of decay
  • Conforming to health and sanitation and ensuring that legal requirements concerning embalming are met
  • Incising and closing incisions on various parts of the body and reshaping or reconstructing disfigured or maimed human remains when necessary
  • Dressing human bodies and placing them in caskets
  • 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

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