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