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