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