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