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