MORTICIAN I

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must:

             i.             Served for at least three (3) years in the grade of Mortician II;

           ii.             Be a member of a registered funeral professional association;

          iii.             Must have attended seminars, workshops, CPD or conferences in relation to funeral industry;

          iv.             Proficiency in computer applications.

            v.             Show merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and Responsibilities

             i.             Receiving bodies and preparing them for embalming, washing and disinfecting bodies to prevent deterioration and infection;

           ii.             The officer will embalm the bodies and completing the necessary paper work required;

          iii.             Duties will involve proper storage of human remains, making sure the mortuary is fully stocked, restoring the appearance of bodies.

          iv.             Also they will work closely with funeral arrangers to make sure the families' wishes are met.

            v.             Receiving bodies and placing them into cold storage unit;

          vi.             Standing by at the post-mortem operation and passing instruments such as scalpels to the pathologist, cleaning and sterilizing all instruments;

         vii.             The Mortician I will be weighing each organ as the pathologist removes it and taking samples for toxicology and histopathology analysis, afterwards helping replace all the organs in the body, embalming, reconstructing, stitching up and cleaning the body.

       viii.             Keeping accurate computer records of the identity of the body, ensuring a high standard of presentation of the body following post mortem, so that the body is suitable for viewing;

          ix.             Liaising with doctors, police and funeral directors;

            x.             Assisting with documents for death certificates;

          xi.             Taking out the bodies for relatives to view and perhaps identify and giving them information and support.

        xii.             Keeping the mortuary clean and enforcing health and safety regulations;

       xiii.             The officer will participate in the supervision and counselling of staff and students attached to funeral home.