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