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