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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”
- Oversee the preparation and care of the remains of people who have died.
- 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.
- Clean funeral home facilities and grounds.
- Manage funeral home operations, including the hiring, training, or supervision of embalmers, funeral attendants, or other staff.
- Close caskets and lead funeral corteges to churches or burial sites.
- Direct preparations and shipment of bodies for out-of-state burial.
- Receive or usher people to their seats for services.
- Inform survivors of benefits for which they may be eligible.
- Discuss and negotiate prearranged funerals with clients.
- Provide or arrange transportation between sites for the remains, mourners, pallbearers, clergy, or flowers.
- Obtain information needed to complete legal documents, such as death certificates or burial permits.
- Plan, schedule, or coordinate funerals, burials, or cremations, arranging details such as floral delivery or the time and place of services.
- Perform embalming duties as necessary.
- Maintain financial records, order merchandise, or prepare accounts.
- Arrange for clergy members to perform needed services.
- Contact cemeteries to schedule the opening and closing of graves.
- Consult with families or friends of the deceased to arrange funeral details, such as obituary notice wording, casket selection, or plans for services.
- Provide information on funeral service options, products, or merchandise and maintain a casket display area.
- Plan placement of caskets at funeral sites or place or adjust lights, fixtures, or floral displays.
Related Technology & Tools
- Ring cutters
- Hydraulic body lifts
- Fixation forceps
- Lower body positioners
- Tinting brushes
- Mayo scissors
- Air brushes
- Stryker saws
- Arm and hand positioners
- Paint sprayers
- Spring forceps
- Non-clogging post aspirators
- Lister bandage scissors
- Infant arterial tubes
- Carotid tubes
- Straight surgical scissors
- Suture needle holders
- Highlighting brushes
- Body bags
- Cosmetic brushes
- Protective medical face masks
- Protective medical gloves
- Calvarium clamps
- Hypodermic needles
- Tube occluding forceps
- Laptop computers
- Extremity positioners
- Thumb forceps
- Curved arterial tubes
- Gravity injectors
- Blending brushes
- Personal computers
- Head rests
- Protective hoods
- Trocar sterilizers
- Desktop computers
- Embalming fluid pumps
- Lining brushes
- Mortuary lifts
- Hairpin injectors
- Embalming vein drainage tubing
- Axillary drain tubes
- Centrifugal force pumps
- Surgical scalpels
- Head blocks
- Surgical razors
- Powder dusting brushes
- Curved Kelly forceps
- Jugular drain tubes
- Curved suture needles
- Body positioners
- Iliac drain tubes
- Cuticle scissors
- Casket lifters
- Embalming bulb syringes
- Barber scissors
- Bistoury knives
- Hydro-electric aspirators
- Protective shoe covers
- Stippling brushes
- Infant trocars
- Iris scissors
- Embalming injector needles
- Angular forceps
- Embalming syringes
- Femoral drain tubes
- Aneurysm needles
- Embalming machines
- Straight arterial tubes
- Electric mortuary aspirators
- Safety coveralls
- Nasal tube aspirators
- Steam autoclaves
- Eye suture scissors
- Adult trocars
- Straight Kelly forceps
- Refrigerated body storage cabinets
- Safety goggles
- Emergency eye wash stations
- Microsoft Office
- Web browser software
- Twin Tier Technologies MIMS
- FPA Software MACCS
- HMIS Advantage
- Corel WordPerfect
- Custom Data Systems Sterling Management Software
- Belmar & Associates Mortware
- Microsoft Excel
- FuneralKiosk
- Microsoft Word