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