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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”
- Receive or usher people to their seats for services.
- Participate in community activities for funeral home promotion or other purposes.
- Obtain information needed to complete legal documents, such as death certificates or burial permits.
- Discuss and negotiate prearranged funerals with clients.
- 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.
- Provide information on funeral service options, products, or merchandise and maintain a casket display area.
- Direct preparations and shipment of bodies for out-of-state burial.
- Manage funeral home operations, including the hiring, training, or supervision of embalmers, funeral attendants, or other staff.
- Arrange for clergy members to perform needed services.
- Perform embalming duties as necessary.
- Offer counsel and comfort to bereaved families or friends.
- Arrange for pallbearers or inform pallbearers or honorary groups of their duties.
- Clean funeral home facilities and grounds.
- Maintain financial records, order merchandise, or prepare accounts.
- Consult with families or friends of the deceased to arrange funeral details, such as obituary notice wording, casket selection, or plans for services.
- Oversee the preparation and care of the remains of people who have died.
- Contact cemeteries to schedule the opening and closing of graves.
- Inform survivors of benefits for which they may be eligible.
- Provide or arrange transportation between sites for the remains, mourners, pallbearers, clergy, or flowers.
- Close caskets and lead funeral corteges to churches or burial sites.
Related Technology & Tools
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- Curved arterial tubes
- Thumb forceps
- Laptop computers
- Bistoury knives
- Ring cutters
- Body bags
- Mayo scissors
- Embalming fluid pumps
- Non-clogging post aspirators
- Gravity injectors
- Lister bandage scissors
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- Highlighting brushes
- Electric mortuary aspirators
- Cuticle scissors
- Hydro-electric aspirators
- Stryker saws
- Body positioners
- Hydraulic body lifts
- Iris scissors
- Straight Kelly forceps
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- Air brushes
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- Protective shoe covers
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- Desktop computers
- Adult trocars
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- Emergency eye wash stations
- Steam autoclaves
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- Lining brushes
- Protective hoods
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- Surgical razors
- Arm and hand positioners
- Protective medical face masks
- Safety coveralls
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- Refrigerated body storage cabinets
- Surgical scalpels
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- Eye suture scissors
- Protective medical gloves
- Lower body positioners
- Embalming machines
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- Personal computers
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- Web browser software
- Custom Data Systems Sterling Management Software
- FPA Software MACCS
- HMIS Advantage
- Belmar & Associates Mortware
- Microsoft Word
- FuneralKiosk
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