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