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