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