Mortuary Science Course in Kenya…Is it the best course?
most of you have been going for this course
and we have been getting a lot of questions
is it marketable what are the qualifications
where can I start this
now if you are thinking about doing Mortary Science as a course
I’ll help you make the right decision today
I’ll be answering your questions like what is it all about
how is the structure where can you study this
most importantly where are the opportunities
are there enough jobs is it marketable
and what career progression chances are there for you
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so to start with what is the course all about
basically it will make you a professional
we call mortician what does a mortician do
a mortician is that guy who works mainly in funeral homes
they work mainly in funeral homes
what do they do okay
morticians do the following
preservation of bodies
embalming
preparation
of
bodies for funeral
and such
so basically these are the guys who will be in charge of handling
bodies of people who have left this earth
so they receive the bodies
and they make sure that the body is kept in the right way
its clean
is preserved the right way
until the day this body will be going out for funeral
this guys also
they could be involved in a few other procedures for example
when there are procedures such as post mortem
they could complement pathologist
these guys
may also be involved in preparation for things like cremation
they are involved in several other tasks here and there again
all related to handling of dead bodies regarding training
the course is really comprehensive
you are taught so many things from anatomy and physiology
is a bit of understanding human body aembalming and restorative art
microbiology grief counselling
because sometimes you need to to counsel families that are mourning
forensic medicine it’s quite comprehensive
because
the goal is to make you
a professional mortician who can serve the mourning family
compassionately treat them the right way
now what are the requirements
you need a C minus
you need a diploma you need a C minus you have a diploma and uh
there are no there are no cluster requirements
for the certificate
I have seen a few institutions
accepting you to take the course at the certificate level
with just a D plain the number of institutions offering this course
if you can get a chance
KMTC I see is one of those offering this certification
there are a few others including
Goshen
medical
and Training College we have I C M H
S and this one is in Thika we have MediPrime
training college
while still there
is good to know that you do not just work in hospitals
you could also work in forensic labs
because there’s a bit of forensic medicine
this is where they investigate matters to do with death
maybe there’s some investigations about a sudden death
and also you could open your own mortuary and go into private practise
in terms of duration the diploma
is three years
the cert will take up to two years
of course you can progress from the certificate to the diploma
and now to the big question
is it marketable?
let’s look at the numbers
how many counties do we have in Kenya
I think we have about 47
let us assume that on average each county will have
10 funeral homes
and I know there are some which don’t have that many
let’s assume that each funeral home will have
10 people in the mortuary
and don’t forget some of them are very small
so they don’t have a lot of people
but let’s assume that each home will have on average
10 staff working directly with the bodies
so that gives us about 4,700
so those are the positions okay
forget about forensic labs
forget about humanitarian missions because they are not day to day
you are looking at solid positions
so it’s safe to conclude that could be in the whole of Kenya
we may not have more than 5,000
let us even say 5,000 positions for mortuary attendants
morticians
so when I see a lot of people applying for this course
I get a bit worried because I ask myself
where will these people go to work
when many of them have actually graduated because i can see
you could see that we don’t have so many opportunities
we may not have
that big number of opportunities for morticians in our country
unless you want to go and start your own private facility
which is a good thing
so I am not saying that this course is not marketable
but looking at these numbers
then you could see that there is a risk of you
people ending up doing this course so many of you
and there’s nowhere you are getting absorbed
you make sure you make the right decision
but again I say if you can do this with an entrepreneur mind fine
so I’m not saying again that its a bad course
but make sure that you make the right decision
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