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