The employment direction of modern funeral technology and management major is mainly for funeral parlours, funeral service companies, cemeteries (indoor tombs), hospitals, elderly service institutions and public security autopsy departments. , engaged in hospice care, body pick-up, body anti-corrosion and cosmetic surgery, funeral design and custody services, body cremation, ashes preservation services, cemetery management, etc.
Employment Prospects of Modern Funeral Technology and Management With the increasing demand for funeral services, the society needs more professional and technical personnel. At present, there are four colleges and universities in China that offer funeral specialties, namely Beijing Social Management Vocational College, Changsha Social Work College, Wuhan Social Work Vocational College and Chongqing Urban Management Vocational College. All four schools have junior college degrees, which is the highest degree of funeral specialty in China at present. There are no undergraduate courses, and there are several secondary schools.
It usually takes three years to study funeral and interment. "About a year to learn public * * * basic courses, including management, marketing and some basic etiquette. In addition, I will study professional courses for more than one year, and then go to the front line for internship for more than half a year. There are some corresponding internships in the middle. " Yang Baoxiang said, "Higher vocational colleges mainly cultivate students' practical operation ability and train such high-skilled talents for the front line. "Influenced by China's traditional culture, people always avoid the word' funeral', and no one wants to talk about it." In fact, as a civil work, funeral is only one of social affairs. Yang Baoxiang said, "There are 80 funeral colleges in the United States. Their undertaker must have graduated from the Funeral College. China is also gradually implementing the funeral professional qualification certificate system and employment access system. "
Major professional abilities of modern funeral technology and management 1. Have the ability to learn new knowledge and skills and the ability to innovate and start a business;
2. Have the ability to greet the coffin, preserve ashes, manage files, hold memorial ceremonies and preside over and hold memorial services for life;
3. Master the knowledge of life culture, folk customs and funeral services, master the skills of negotiation, communication and social work, and be able to communicate and discuss funeral organizations and services with dying and bereaved people;
4 master the knowledge of death science, health and epidemic prevention, body preservation and cosmetic surgery, funeral services, etc. , with the skills of clean dressing and makeup of normal dead remains, plastic and makeup of abnormal remains, and able to complete the funeral, transportation, preservation, plastic surgery, clean dressing and beauty makeup of remains.