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