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