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