The Townsville woman is Queensland's youngest embalmer and part of a growing cohort of young people taking up careers in the funeral industry.
"I attended quite a few funerals in a short span, and I thought, 'Wow, that looks like a really interesting industry,'" she said.The only two training providers were in Melbourne, so Ms Broanda studied via distance education and found a mentor in North Queensland. Part of her responsibilities include washing the corpses, styling their hair and applying their make-up."I work with what families want, so if they want handprints or locks of hair, or photos or anything like that, I do all that for the families," she said."The motto around here has been expect the unexpected, always.""The industry is full of young people at the moment," she said.
"It's amazing to see these young women come into an industry that was not only male-dominated early on, but certainly for older people," Ms Scott said.Her business in Victoria now hires 80 per cent female staff.