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