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Job Description
Perform various tasks to arrange and direct funeral services, such as coordinating transportation of body to mortuary, interviewing family or other authorized person to arrange details, selecting pallbearers, aiding with the selection of officials for religious rites, and providing transportation for mourners.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 39-4031.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 54,700.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 26.00
- Currently, there are 25,850 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Directors”.
Also Known As…
- Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Directors
- Operations Manager
- Mortician
- Licensed Funeral Director
- Funeral Pre-Need Consultant
- Funeral Location Manager
- Funeral Director / Embalmer
- Funeral Director
- Funeral Counselor
- Funeral Arranger
- Funeral Arrangement Director
- Undertaker
- Location Manager
- Licensed Mortician
- Licensed Embalmer
- Hospital Mortician
- Funeral Prearrangement Counselor
- Funeral Pre-arrangement Specialist
- Funeral Pre-arrangement Counselor
- Funeral Planning Counselor
- Funeral Planner
- Funeral Home Manager
- Funeral Director and Mortician
- Funeral Director and Embalmer
- Embalmer
- Director
Tasks for “Certified Mortician”
- Arrange for clergy members to perform needed services.
- Offer counsel and comfort to bereaved families or friends.
- Arrange for pallbearers or inform pallbearers or honorary groups of their duties.
- Participate in community activities for funeral home promotion or other purposes.
- Obtain information needed to complete legal documents, such as death certificates or burial permits.
- Oversee the preparation and care of the remains of people who have died.
- Manage funeral home operations, including the hiring, training, or supervision of embalmers, funeral attendants, or other staff.
- Contact cemeteries to schedule the opening and closing of graves.
- Discuss and negotiate prearranged funerals with clients.
- Plan, schedule, or coordinate funerals, burials, or cremations, arranging details such as floral delivery or the time and place of services.
- Maintain financial records, order merchandise, or prepare accounts.
- Close caskets and lead funeral corteges to churches or burial sites.
- Consult with families or friends of the deceased to arrange funeral details, such as obituary notice wording, casket selection, or plans for services.
- Clean funeral home facilities and grounds.
- Inform survivors of benefits for which they may be eligible.
- Plan placement of caskets at funeral sites or place or adjust lights, fixtures, or floral displays.
- Provide information on funeral service options, products, or merchandise and maintain a casket display area.
- Perform embalming duties as necessary.
- Provide or arrange transportation between sites for the remains, mourners, pallbearers, clergy, or flowers.
- Direct preparations and shipment of bodies for out-of-state burial.
- Receive or usher people to their seats for services.
Related Technology & Tools
- Mayo scissors
- Body bags
- Casket lifters
- Protective medical face masks
- Eye suture scissors
- Hypodermic needles
- Lining brushes
- Infant arterial tubes
- Axillary drain tubes
- Mortuary lifts
- Protective medical gloves
- Femoral drain tubes
- Lower body positioners
- Lister bandage scissors
- Curved suture needles
- Straight Kelly forceps
- Iliac drain tubes
- Nasal tube aspirators
- Straight surgical scissors
- Thumb forceps
- Protective hoods
- Protective shoe covers
- Laptop computers
- Highlighting brushes
- Bistoury knives
- Safety goggles
- Curved arterial tubes
- Blending brushes
- Suture needle holders
- Hydraulic body lifts
- Hairpin injectors
- Surgical razors
- Head rests
- Carotid tubes
- Stryker saws
- Gravity injectors
- Non-clogging post aspirators
- Stippling brushes
- Barber scissors
- Surgical scalpels
- Cuticle scissors
- Powder dusting brushes
- Embalming injector needles
- Cosmetic brushes
- Tinting brushes
- Aneurysm needles
- Hydro-electric aspirators
- Embalming syringes
- Jugular drain tubes
- Refrigerated body storage cabinets
- Embalming machines
- Arm and hand positioners
- Iris scissors
- Paint sprayers
- Centrifugal force pumps
- Angular forceps
- Safety coveralls
- Air brushes
- Electric mortuary aspirators
- Curved Kelly forceps
- Spring forceps
- Embalming bulb syringes
- Tube occluding forceps
- Calvarium clamps
- Embalming fluid pumps
- Steam autoclaves
- Extremity positioners
- Adult trocars
- Embalming vein drainage tubing
- Straight arterial tubes
- Fixation forceps
- Trocar sterilizers
- Head blocks
- Personal computers
- Emergency eye wash stations
- Desktop computers
- Ring cutters
- Body positioners
- Infant trocars
- Corel WordPerfect
- Belmar & Associates Mortware
- Twin Tier Technologies MIMS
- Web browser software
- Custom Data Systems Sterling Management Software
- HMIS Advantage
- FuneralKiosk
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- FPA Software MACCS