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