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“Certified Mortician” will almost certainly not be replaced by robots.
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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”
- Receive or usher people to their seats for services.
- Provide information on funeral service options, products, or merchandise and maintain a casket display area.
- Close caskets and lead funeral corteges to churches or burial sites.
- Plan, schedule, or coordinate funerals, burials, or cremations, arranging details such as floral delivery or the time and place of services.
- Provide or arrange transportation between sites for the remains, mourners, pallbearers, clergy, or flowers.
- Contact cemeteries to schedule the opening and closing of graves.
- 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.
- Perform embalming duties as necessary.
- Offer counsel and comfort to bereaved families or friends.
- Consult with families or friends of the deceased to arrange funeral details, such as obituary notice wording, casket selection, or plans for services.
- Arrange for pallbearers or inform pallbearers or honorary groups of their duties.
- Discuss and negotiate prearranged funerals with clients.
- Clean funeral home facilities and grounds.
- Direct preparations and shipment of bodies for out-of-state burial.
- Inform survivors of benefits for which they may be eligible.
- Maintain financial records, order merchandise, or prepare accounts.
- Oversee the preparation and care of the remains of people who have died.
- Plan placement of caskets at funeral sites or place or adjust lights, fixtures, or floral displays.
- Arrange for clergy members to perform needed services.
- Manage funeral home operations, including the hiring, training, or supervision of embalmers, funeral attendants, or other staff.
Related Technology & Tools
- Suture needle holders
- Personal computers
- Casket lifters
- Head rests
- Embalming bulb syringes
- Safety goggles
- Hypodermic needles
- Straight arterial tubes
- Embalming vein drainage tubing
- Stippling brushes
- Protective hoods
- Body bags
- Hairpin injectors
- Body positioners
- Infant arterial tubes
- Stryker saws
- Mortuary lifts
- Protective medical face masks
- Lining brushes
- Axillary drain tubes
- Angular forceps
- Embalming machines
- Centrifugal force pumps
- Surgical scalpels
- Steam autoclaves
- Ring cutters
- Tube occluding forceps
- Laptop computers
- Refrigerated body storage cabinets
- Protective medical gloves
- Aneurysm needles
- Curved Kelly forceps
- Nasal tube aspirators
- Spring forceps
- Electric mortuary aspirators
- Trocar sterilizers
- Carotid tubes
- Mayo scissors
- Embalming syringes
- Highlighting brushes
- Tinting brushes
- Head blocks
- Emergency eye wash stations
- Embalming fluid pumps
- Arm and hand positioners
- Bistoury knives
- Barber scissors
- Fixation forceps
- Embalming injector needles
- Thumb forceps
- Straight Kelly forceps
- Paint sprayers
- Curved arterial tubes
- Curved suture needles
- Powder dusting brushes
- Air brushes
- Surgical razors
- Lister bandage scissors
- Calvarium clamps
- Jugular drain tubes
- Iris scissors
- Straight surgical scissors
- Iliac drain tubes
- Eye suture scissors
- Protective shoe covers
- Cosmetic brushes
- Lower body positioners
- Non-clogging post aspirators
- Infant trocars
- Blending brushes
- Femoral drain tubes
- Gravity injectors
- Hydro-electric aspirators
- Extremity positioners
- Adult trocars
- Hydraulic body lifts
- Safety coveralls
- Desktop computers
- Cuticle scissors
- Microsoft Excel
- HMIS Advantage
- Corel WordPerfect
- Microsoft Word
- Custom Data Systems Sterling Management Software
- Twin Tier Technologies MIMS
- Belmar & Associates Mortware
- Microsoft Office
- FPA Software MACCS
- Web browser software
- FuneralKiosk