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Training and Education
National Certificate in Embalming
The National Certificate in Embalming course is delivered at the Wellington Institute of Technology (Church Street Campus, Wellington)
over a 15 month period and is designed to produce graduates who are able
to carry out embalming and restorative procedures on dead human bodies
in the wide variety of cases they will encounter in Funeral Service.
Nature of the Programme
Students attend modules at
WelTec and within their place of employment. Students are required to
complete clinical placement modules under supervised conditions. Each
student will be required to nominate an approved, qualified supervisor
who will be appointed to guide and assist their learning throughout the
clinical placement periods and completed logbooks and tasks associated
with embalming. Case reports which detail complete embalming procedures
are submitted at regular intervals for assessment.
Programme Content
The programme emphasises the theory and practise of normal embalming and
the art of restoring the human body to its usual appearance. Tutors in
Health & Human Sciences at WelTec and Clinical Tutors from Wellington
Mortuaries conduct a major part of the programme. The course content
includes extensive coverage of Embalming Theory and Practice and
specialist modules in the related subjects of Anatomy, Physiology,
Pathology, Microbiology, and Chemistry.
Subjects covered include:
- History Of Embalming - the historical development of mortuary practices throughout the ages, and the development of embalming in New Zealand
- Philosophy of Embalming - the need for embalming; the mortician as part of the health system/mental health system. The mortician in community wellbeing
- Ethical and Legal Considerations - conduct in the mortuary, privacy, dignity responsibilities and obligations of the
embalmer
- Mortuary design - mortuary set up; mortuary legal issues; ventilation, safe practice; safe handling, safe storage of
mortuary supplies and equipment
- Health and Safety-principles in the embalming process
- Death - ascertaining death; Tests for death; stages of death; modes of death, causes of death
- Embalming the "Normal case" - standard processes and procedures, guidelines for embalming bodies without known complications
- Embalming the "Complicated case" - procedures for embalming traumatised bodies,
reconstruction of damaged skeletal parts, restoration and remoulding of
body features where parts are missing or damaged.
- The effect of trauma and chemical substances on cells and tissues. Special cases -
tissue gas, ulcerations, desquamation, purge, refrigeration, advanced
decomposition, renal failure, distensions, and communicable diseases
- Long term preservation - preserving bodies for prolonged periods of time, requirements for national and international repatriation
- Facial Anatomy - restorative skills and techniques
- Final Presentation - hairdressing, colour theory, cosmetology, lighting, casket preparation
- Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology - the study of the structure (anatomy), function (physiology), and diseases (pathology) of the human body. The body from a position of wellbeing; cell structure; defence mechanisms; circulation; muscle and skeletal
underpinnings. Pathological aspects.
- Microbiology - micro-organisms (Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi, Spores, Protozoa, Prions) their structure and involvement in pathology
- Chemistry - carbon chemistry; the chemistry of embalming preservative fluids and accessory fluids
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