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