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