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