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