A professional who prepares embalmed bodies for interment. Respnsibilities include:

• Manicures nails, using files and nail polish, and performs other grooming tasks, such as arching and plucking eyebrows and removing facial hair, using depilatory cream and tweezers.
• Shampoos, waves, presses, curls, brushes, and combs hair, and applies cosmetics on face to restore natural appearance, following photograph of deceased, or verbal or written description obtained from family.
• Dresses and arranges body in casket.
• May select casket or burial dress, arrange floral displays, and prepare obituary notices.
• May record personal effects delivered with body and information about deceased.
• May wash and dry bodies, using germicidal soap and towels or hot air drier.
• May reshape or reconstruct damaged or disfigured areas of body, using such materials as cotton or foam rubber.