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