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