Crematorium Technician here

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I see lots of threads about cremations and Crematoria. I'm currently a crem tech so please ask me questions and I will endeavor to answer them.

What do your kids think of your job?

@OurMiracle1106 speak to the hospital or funeral director that helped you through.

@Bobbiepin my children know what I do and I'm very keen for them to use the correct terminology. So when my DS went to school and announced that mummy burns people they weren't impressed!

Just saying hi - Funeral Director here

@oohnarna hiya...hope I haven't answered any question incorrectly for the funeral side

@ilovekermit oh dear, well done DS. He's not wrong though.

Do you think the job had changed your thoughts on your own mortality? Like, do you view your own death differently compared to before you started the job?

@Bobbiepin yep, I used to be terrified of death but now I see it as something that has to happen.

I haven't read it all to be honest, what I have reads okay though!

I bet us FDs cause you havoc sometimes not to mention the celebrants that decide to over run and then delay all the other funerals !

@oohnarna we have hour slots so doesn't really happen...at busier Crematoria though yes this causes havoc! Every crem has a minister/celebrant that makes us roll our eyes!

I admire the work that you guys do though and always make sure I let my fds know this.

I love my job. Like you, it certainly makes you appreciate life.

Wow, I assumed all along you were male.... don't really know why.

You have laid to rest so many worries I had about my mother's cremation, without even knowing I had those worries.

Foxtrot - I would be happy to do that. I will tomorrow evening.

Thank you Kermit. I’d never really thought too much about what Had happened to my babies (with my 1st I was just 17 and deeply traumatised as I didn’t know you could have a missed miscarriage) the second I was numb and remember signing something but can’t remember what it was for.

Thank you. Id assumed they would just have been medical waste

Interesting thread, thank you.

How many crematoria do you have? If it's possible for a body to take up to 3 hours, you must surely have a backlog on occasions. Our local crematorium is like a conveyor belt, there are so many done each day.

@MrsDilber we have the one cremator so if we're cremating til the early hours of next day then so be it.

It's a shame this is in chat and will disappear; could it be moved?

My question is: are you male or female OP?

@Solo I'm a female...does this surprise you?

No, not really Kermit I was just curious. I have often thought about working shop front for a funeral director myself.

I admire you, and your obvious care and consideration for the departed

I have another question, do family’s ever ask to stay and watch the loved one go in the cremator? Would they be allowed to stay and watch the body burn?

Brilliant thread . We own a green burial site and Iv seen families donfunerals completely on their own . We have had bodies buried in just a curtain ( yes the deceased was wrapped in a curtain ) .

@HateSummer yes they do. Anyone can witness charge their loved one but can't stay for the whole process.

Oohnarna I would absolutely love to sea a similar thread from a funeral director. Look forward to your post

Thank you Kermit.
It is really comforting to know that someone so lovely is looking after our loved ones behind the scenes.
You do a bloody brilliant job.