If you've had the unfortunate task of having to arrange and pay for a funeral, you know that it's an expensive business. Very few people understand or appreciate how expensive funerals are until they have occasion to experience planning for one first-hand, and it's a real eye-opener. Working in the funeral trade isn't for everyone - you're quite literally constantly surrounded by death - but it is rewarding.
Degrees are available in funeral and mortuary services, and although they're not always required it will help your career prospects to obtain one. It's worth remembering that this job is about more than the practicalities - you're also a counselor, dealing with bereaved families and friends of the departed on a day to day basis. It's emotionally draining, and involves seeing a lot of corpses; some of whom will have died in unpleasant accidents. Anyone who has the stomach for this job deserves the money.