Career profile Crematory Operator

Table of Contents

• What does a Crematory Operator do?
• What is a typical salary for a Crematory Operator?
• What personality traits are common among Crematory Operators?
  • Career Interests
  • Values
  • Psychological Demands
• What education and training do Crematory Operators need?
  • Typical educational degrees
  • Required knowledge and expertise
  • Important abilities
  • Critical skills

What does a Crematory Operator do?

Crematory Operators operate crematory equipment to reduce human or animal remains to bone fragments in accordance with state and local regulations.

In addition, Crematory Operators

• duties may include preparing the body for cremation and performing general maintenance on crematory equipment,
• may use traditional flame-based cremation, calcination, or alkaline hydrolysis.

What is a Crematory Operator salary?

What personality traits are common among Crematory Operators?

Interests

Career interests describe a person's preferences for different types of working environments and activities. When a person's interest match the demands of an occupation, people are usually more engaged and satisfied in that role.

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Values

People differ in their values, or what is most important to them for building job satisfaction and fulfillment.

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Psychological Demands

Each occupation brings its own set of psychological demands, which describe the characteristics necessary to perform the job well.

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What education and training do Crematory Operators need?

Working as a Crematory Operator usually requires a high school diploma.

Crematory Operators need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with this occupation.

Educational degrees among Crematory Operators

Knowledge and expertise required by Crematory Operators

Important Abilities needed by Crematory Operators

Crematory Operators must develop a particular set of abilities to perform their job well. Abilities are individual capacities that influence a person's information processing, sensory perception, motor coordination, and physical strength or endurance. Individuals may naturally have certain abilities without explicit training, but most abilities can be sharpened somewhat through practice.

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Critical Skills needed by Crematory Operators

Skills are developed capacities that enable people to function effectively in real-world settings. Unlike abilities, skills are typically easier to build through practice and experience. Skills influence effectiveness in areas such as learning, working with others, design, troubleshooting, and more.

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What is the source of this information?

The information provided on this page is adapted from data and descriptions published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration under the CC BY 4.0 license. TraitLab has modified some information for ease of use and reading, and the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment, and Training Administration has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.

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