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