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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”
- Contact cemeteries to schedule the opening and closing of graves.
- Plan placement of caskets at funeral sites or place or adjust lights, fixtures, or floral displays.
- Receive or usher people to their seats for services.
- Manage funeral home operations, including the hiring, training, or supervision of embalmers, funeral attendants, or other staff.
- Consult with families or friends of the deceased to arrange funeral details, such as obituary notice wording, casket selection, or plans for services.
- Perform embalming duties as necessary.
- Obtain information needed to complete legal documents, such as death certificates or burial permits.
- Close caskets and lead funeral corteges to churches or burial sites.
- Arrange for clergy members to perform needed services.
- Provide or arrange transportation between sites for the remains, mourners, pallbearers, clergy, or flowers.
- Discuss and negotiate prearranged funerals with clients.
- Provide information on funeral service options, products, or merchandise and maintain a casket display area.
- Inform survivors of benefits for which they may be eligible.
- Participate in community activities for funeral home promotion or other purposes.
- Maintain financial records, order merchandise, or prepare accounts.
- Direct preparations and shipment of bodies for out-of-state burial.
- Oversee the preparation and care of the remains of people who have died.
- Clean funeral home facilities and grounds.
- Arrange for pallbearers or inform pallbearers or honorary groups of their duties.
- Offer counsel and comfort to bereaved families or friends.
- Plan, schedule, or coordinate funerals, burials, or cremations, arranging details such as floral delivery or the time and place of services.
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- Safety goggles
- Embalming machines
- Body bags
- Cuticle scissors
- Femoral drain tubes
- Curved arterial tubes
- Refrigerated body storage cabinets
- Axillary drain tubes
- Bistoury knives
- Electric mortuary aspirators
- Protective shoe covers
- Hydro-electric aspirators
- Safety coveralls
- Stippling brushes
- Cosmetic brushes
- Emergency eye wash stations
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- Barber scissors
- Casket lifters
- Thumb forceps
- Curved Kelly forceps
- Embalming bulb syringes
- Head rests
- Curved suture needles
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- Jugular drain tubes
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- Steam autoclaves
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- Air brushes
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- Personal computers
- Extremity positioners
- Stryker saws
- Carotid tubes
- Lining brushes
- Lister bandage scissors
- Lower body positioners
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- Eye suture scissors
- Embalming injector needles
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- Blending brushes
- Angular forceps
- Surgical razors
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- Microsoft Excel
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