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L29A Mortician

Current service use not established

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A Navy Enlisted Classification: a skill designation sailors hold in addition to their rating.

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Overview

Morticians inspect, process, preserve, restore, document, and prepare remains for transportation or burial. They assist with recovery and identification, coordinate disposition with next of kin and foreign officials, conduct funeral services, and advise Navy organizations on mortuary affairs planning and procedures.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • Remains transportation and disposition documentation
  • Next-of-kin and foreign government liaison
  • Facial restoration and chemical preservation
  • Mortuary planning for contested maritime operations

Civilian Career Paths

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Embalmers

Military experience restoring facial features and preserving remains through arterial or hypodermic chemical injection directly overlaps with embalming work.

How to prepare: Ask the funeral-service regulator in your intended state to review your documented training and experience against its embalming licensure and practice requirements.

What the civilian work involves
  • Conform to laws of health and sanitation and ensure that legal requirements concerning embalming are met.
  • Apply cosmetics to impart lifelike appearance to the deceased.
  • Close incisions, using needles and sutures.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Belmar & Associates Mortware

Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers

Military duties coordinating disposition with next of kin, documenting remains transfers, and conducting funeral services transfer directly to funeral arrangement and decedent care.

How to prepare: Ask your intended state's funeral-service regulator which duties your qualifications permit and what gaps remain for licensure. Licensed funeral-director or mortician work may require approved education, examinations, and supervised practice; arranger-role requirements vary by state and scope.

What the civilian work involves
  • Oversee the preparation and care of the remains of people who have died.
  • Obtain information needed to complete legal documents, such as death certificates or burial permits.
  • Consult with families or friends of the deceased to arrange funeral details, such as obituary notice wording, casket selection, or plans for services.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Belmar & Associates Mortware

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC L29A

    [1] NEC entry "L29A - Mortician"; cached text line 8008; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Remains transportation and disposition documentation, Next-of-kin and foreign government liaison, Facial restoration and chemical preservation, Mortuary planning for contested maritime operations, Embalmers (O*NET 39-4011.00), Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers (O*NET 39-4031.00)

  2. O*NET: Embalmers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Embalmers (O*NET 39-4011.00)

  3. O*NET: Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers (O*NET 39-4031.00)

Defense contractor jobs for L29A

Descriptions may be summarized for clarity. Verify all information with your branch career counselor or official military documentation before making career decisions.

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