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