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Mortuary Technician resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what mortuary technicians actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most mortuary technicians should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Mortuary technician with a calm, methodical approach to receiving, preparing and releasing deceased people in hospital and forensic settings. Skilled in assisting pathologists during post-mortem examinations, maintaining infection control, and preparing bodies respectfully for viewing or burial. Known for accurate documentation and clear communication with families, funeral directors and coronial staff.
Key skills
- Infection control and standard precautions
- Post-mortem assistance and instrument sterilisation
- Embalming and cosmetic reconstruction
- Body identification and tracking systems
- Regulatory compliance and documentation
- Mortuary management software
- Cold storage and refrigeration monitoring
- Work health and safety in a mortuary environment
- Family and funeral director liaison
- Attention to detail
Experience: example bullet points
- Assisted pathologists during post-mortem examinations, preparing instruments and maintaining a sterile field across a full case list each day.
- Reconstructed and cosmetically prepared bodies for viewing, working to family and cultural requirements and completing preparation within agreed timeframes.
- Maintained infection control and instrument sterilisation records, passing internal audits with no corrective actions.
- Coordinated storage, release and transfer of deceased people with funeral directors and coronial services, keeping tracking records accurate across a caseload of more than 50 cases per week.
- Cleaned and maintained mortuary instruments, cold storage and preparation areas, reducing equipment downtime through scheduled servicing.
Education
Certificate IV in Mortuary Science, or a Certificate III in Funeral Services (Mortuary) plus workplace training in a hospital or forensic mortuary.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Coronial services
- Coroners Act
- Public Health Act
- Work Health and Safety (WHS)
- Infection control
- Standard precautions
- AS/NZS 4187
- Mortuary management software
- Body tracking
- Post-mortem
- Embalming
- Cosmetic reconstruction
- Cold storage
- Personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Funeral director liaison
- Medical Certificate of Cause of Death
- Cremation permit
- Australian Funeral Directors Association (AFDA)
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.