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