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