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