Same here. I'm 15, and I'd be more than happy to care and look after the bereaved people.

loooove Caitlin !

YES

Ironically I’m here because KZfaq noticed I’ve watched a lot of Caitlin’s videos lately

Caitlin does her own thing, making people feel it's quite alright to spend 200 dollars maximum to get their family members tucked away in a minimalistic no fuzz manner,, She may be minimalistic funeral Queen, but I can tell you, she gave advice to SAVE money to give your pet a decent wake and farewell and home euthanasia 😂

Damián Lucero agreed about Caitlin in that her movement to normalize death is needed, but i picked up that she is anti-funeral home in some ways. My opinion is that she can be pro-alternative without being anti-funeral industry. Most of the families i have served in my 25 plus year career want as little to do with the body as possible-they appreciate that a “traditional” funeral home will take care of all of the “heavy lifting” when it comes to body prep and disposition. And just because something isnt “needed” does that make it a crime to offer it? High priced caskets are not needed any more than high priced clothes, cars, jewelry, homes, etc are needed. But some families want them and in many cases demand them. I do not align with funeral directors who push high priced choices on families, but it would be a bad business practice not to offer items that cover the entire price/quality spectrum.

tabs loves to vlog sameee ive always been interested in the medical field

Me too

MONEY MONEY MONEY..But first you gotta put in 3 years of schooling..Then you gotta go through the whole process of embalming..Easier said than done love.

@@georgeedward1691 please don't disparage my profession like that, we are definitely not all about money especially those who still work for small family owned homes. I would not trade my work for anything. As for embalming, if you're in Australia you'd know embalming is not commonplace as other parts of the world like USA and UK. Embalming is only ever done with full consent of the family when they are to be interned in a crypt or repatriation overseas mainly

@@georgeedward1691 Most funeral homes are owned by families and/or are small businesses. Yes, The death industry does cost a lot of money and I hate that it does, but morticians can be underpaid and often work long hours. Funerals cost lots of money because caskets, flowers, labor costs, embalming, mortuary cosmetics, they all cost lots of money. I personally want a natural burial but that is the traditional funeral.

Have you seen any of Caitlin's videos? Her channel is called Ask a Mortician and she covers the entire industry. She is a licensed mortician in California; She also has a website called The Order of the Good Death. She is not your average mortician. I highly recommend you check her out.

xjAlbert Lay off. We are all going to go through this. I want to learn more about it.

Direct cremation, is not mentioned .... or shown in this video for good reason,, because it would show a dead person stuffed into a cardboard box... then shoved into a machine, then crushing of bones, ah.... and ofcourse the plastic lunchbox for the remains,,, who would want to overspend... a direct cremation can be just as touching.... or?

Yeah, but it’s a business that I don’t know much about except it’s very costly .

Delilah Rainelle it can be costly. However i’ve arranged a cremation arrangement that was at a higher mortuary price point than many burials. It depends on the choice of services chosen, choice of funeral home, choice of casket, urn, and burial location. I’ve also arranged direct cremations where there was such a small connection to the physical remains that we had to call next of kin so many times over a year to pick them up that i felt i was harrassing them. One family never came back at all and i had to bring the urn to the coroner.

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You gotta go through schooling first. It's not like working at your local Wallmart. Stupid fucking question..Use google to do a bit of research on it..SMH

In Australia and New Zealand you don't have to go to any "school". It's an extensive on-the-job training. So... not a stupid question at all. Different countries, different ways. @@georgeedward1691

If you are serious about it, go work at a funeral home first for about 6 months and then go to a mortuary school. I'm going into the profession myself and the director himself told me to do the above.

The Struggle If you could get accepted at a Funeral Service certificate program at a technical school before actually having worked at a funeral home, would that be problematic? Could just start from the bottom after the schooling, no? The reason is that I'd be moving to a different province to even hope to be able to find a job in this industry, and I would want to start studying asap. One could look for an entry job at a funeral home while studying no?

Don't know where you are but here in Australia (where this video was filmed) only 33% of funeral homes are owned by the "major corporations" you speak of - not a "vast majority". The rest are privately owned/run. We have extremely strict laws here for funerals and cremations. I'm not in the funeral industry I'm just commenting on your post.

I'm considering a career as a funeral attendant, and I have compassion and empathy to want to help provide a good service to the deceased and their families. For me personally, it would be an honour to work in this type of industry.