Careers in Personal Care and Service

Amusement and Recreation Attendants

Personal Care and Service

Perform a variety of attending duties at amusement or recreation facility. May schedule use of recreation facilities, maintain and provide equipment to participants of sporting events or recreational pursuits, or operate amusement concessions and rides.

May require a Matric Certificate

Costume Attendants

Personal Care and Service

Select, fit, and take care of costumes for cast members, and aid entertainers. May assist with multiple costume changes during performances.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants

Personal Care and Service

Provide personal items to patrons or customers in locker rooms, dressing rooms, or coatrooms.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Entertainment Attendants and Related Workers, All Other

Personal Care and Service

All entertainment attendants and related workers not listed separately.

No requirement is specified

Embalmers

Personal Care and Service

Prepare bodies for interment in conformity with legal requirements.

Requires Vocational Training or a Diploma

Crematory Operators

Personal Care and Service

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

Requires a Matric Certificate

Funeral Attendants

Personal Care and Service

Perform a variety of tasks during funeral, such as placing casket in parlor or chapel prior to service, arranging floral offerings or lights around casket, directing or escorting mourners, closing casket, and issuing and storing funeral equipment.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers

Personal Care and Service

Perform various tasks to arrange and direct individual funeral services, such as coordinating transportation of body to mortuary, interviewing family or other authorized person to arrange details, selecting pallbearers, aiding with the selection of officials for religious rites, and providing transportation for mourners.

Requires Vocational Training or a Diploma

Barbers

Personal Care and Service

Provide barbering services, such as cutting, trimming, shampooing, and styling hair; trimming beards; or giving shaves.

Requires Vocational Training or a Diploma

Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists

Personal Care and Service

Provide beauty services, such as cutting, coloring, and styling hair, and massaging and treating scalp. May shampoo hair, apply makeup, dress wigs, remove hair, and provide nail and skincare services.

Requires Vocational Training or a Diploma