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