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