Mortuary Technician / Assistant

OFO Code: 516305

Last checked 3 October 2026

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1. Occupation identity

Official description
Undertakers and embalmers perform various tasks in the disposal of dead human bodies.

More official OFO detail

Embalming human bodies to retard or arrest the process of decay
Making arrangements for, and conducting, funerals, cremations and burials
Conducting interviews to arrange for preparation of obituary notices, to assist with the selection of caskets or urns, and to determine the location and time of burials or cremations
Conforming to health and sanitation and ensuring that legal requirements concerning embalming are met
Incising and closing incisions on various parts of the body and reshaping or reconstructing disfigured or maimed bodies when necessary
Dressing bodies and placing them in caskets

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