Embalmers need knowledge in the following areas:

• Customer and Personal Service: Providing special services to customers based on their needs.
• Chemistry: The properties of substances and the changes that occur when they interact.
• Psychology: People, their actions, and mental processes and how to treat problems.
• English Language: The meaning and use of the English language.
• Law, Government, and Jurisprudence: Laws, rules of the court, and the politics.
• Biology: Cells, plants, and animals and how they function.
• Administration and Management: How to run a business or group.
• Clerical: General office work such as filling and storing information.
• Philosophy and Theology: The impact of values and ethics on people.