Senior Embalmer

**Job Duties and Tasks**:

- **Conform to laws of health and sanitation and ensure that legal requirements concerning embalming are met.**
- **Ensure proper procedures of embalming process are performed.**
- **The role involves the entire embalming process, including preparing the deceased for wakes, funerals and embalming, dressing and cosmetic enhancement.**

**Responsibilities**:

- **Arranging transport of deceased to and from embalming and funeral facilities**
- **Ensure cleanliness of equipment, holding room, preparation room and embalming room**
- **Embalming, dressing cosmetically enhancing and casketing of deceased**
- **Able to provide special embalming procedures should there be a requirement for management of infectious diseases and / or overseas transportation**
- **Manage the incoming deceased to ensure all bodies are treated with respect and care.**
- **Proper labelling and recording of bodies, materials and inventories according to regulatory guidelines.**
- **Maintain records such as itemized lists of clothing or valuables delivered with body and names of persons embalmed.**
- **Ensure embalming facility and processes adhere to all existing regulatory guidelines**
- **Assist with placing caskets in hearses, and organize cemetery processions.**
- **Serve as pallbearers, attending visiting rooms, and provide other assistance to the bereaved.**
- **Provide training to junior embalmers / trainees as when necessary**
- **Any other ad-hoc duties as assigned.**

**Skill and Experience**:

- **At least 10 years experience as an embalmer**
- **Relevant qualifications to provide embalming service in Singapore**
- **Industry knowledge of religious, cultural, customs practices**
- **Able to work shifts, weekends and public holidays