Be in Boston early to earn the only national preplanning certification available or enhance your embalming skills. 

NFDA Certified Preplanning Consultant
Saturday, October 24, 8 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
Presented by Colleen Murphy Klein, NFDA, Brookfield, WI

Consumers expect high-quality service and increasingly look for professional credentials. Promote exceptional standards in the advance funeral-planning field by becoming a certified preplanning consultant (CPC). Review is on Saturday; the exam is on Sunday, 8:30-10:45 a.m. You must be eligible to apply for this program, so please call an NFDA member services representative at 800-228-6332 to apply. Additional fee: $375 NFDA members/$520 non-members.

Reconstructive Techniques for Repair of Facial Trauma
Saturday, October 24, 1-5 p.m.
Presented by Vernie Fountain, Fountain National Academy, Springfield, MO

Designed for embalmers, this body-present seminar will identify many specific techniques that can be utilized during the restoration of disfiguring facial trauma. Internationally renowned embalming expert Vernie Fountain will offer techniques such as, but not limited to: removal of wrinkles, reduction of facial swelling, discolorations, hypo injection of facial tissue, sealing and wrapping to stop leakage, surgical treatment to stop purge problems and other areas of interest. The seminar will focus on techniques and efforts to achieve open-casket viewing of difficult or traumatized cases. Cost: $119 per person by 9/28; $159 per person after 9/28.