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