Mortuary school with no experience?

[u/naivetoiletpaper]

I am currently working full time in a field entirely unrelated, but I have wanted to do some kind of work with the dead since I was a child. I’m very passionate about this field. I’ve never been to college, but I did graduate HS. I have zero experience in the mortuary field. What would my first steps be here? I live in CO, and there is only one school to attend for this. I’ve seen some recommend getting a job in a funeral home before committing to school, but I’m nervous to leave my full time job to commit to that before doing school.

I have also seen that prerequisites are required- how would I get those? Could I attend the same college that has the mortuary program and once i’ve completed the prerequisites, apply for the program? These answers may seem obvious, but I really know nothing about college requirements and how the programs work. Please help!

[u/VioletMortician17]

The job doesn’t have to be full time to be an employee or of help at the funeral home. I would pursue getting a part time job first then go to school.