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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 Embalmer
- Embalmer
- Director
- Certified Mortician
Tasks for “Funeral Director and Mortician”
- Arrange for clergy members to perform needed services.
- 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.
- Direct preparations and shipment of bodies for out-of-state burial.
- Oversee the preparation and care of the remains of people who have died.
- Plan, schedule, or coordinate funerals, burials, or cremations, arranging details such as floral delivery or the time and place of services.
- Clean funeral home facilities and grounds.
- Offer counsel and comfort to bereaved families or friends.
- Perform embalming duties as necessary.
- 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.
- Maintain financial records, order merchandise, or prepare accounts.
- Inform survivors of benefits for which they may be eligible.
- Contact cemeteries to schedule the opening and closing of graves.
- Provide information on funeral service options, products, or merchandise and maintain a casket display area.
- Receive or usher people to their seats for services.
- Discuss and negotiate prearranged funerals with clients.
- 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.
- Arrange for pallbearers or inform pallbearers or honorary groups of their duties.
- Close caskets and lead funeral corteges to churches or burial sites.
Related Technology & Tools
- Embalming vein drainage tubing
- Protective medical gloves
- Hydro-electric aspirators
- Surgical scalpels
- Infant arterial tubes
- Air brushes
- Electric mortuary aspirators
- Safety coveralls
- Femoral drain tubes
- Body positioners
- Curved arterial tubes
- Embalming syringes
- Lining brushes
- Carotid tubes
- Aneurysm needles
- Lister bandage scissors
- Cosmetic brushes
- Extremity positioners
- Personal computers
- Spring forceps
- Emergency eye wash stations
- Iliac drain tubes
- Nasal tube aspirators
- Head rests
- Angular forceps
- Tinting brushes
- Straight Kelly forceps
- Calvarium clamps
- Steam autoclaves
- Mayo scissors
- Desktop computers
- Barber scissors
- Body bags
- Casket lifters
- Stryker saws
- Curved Kelly forceps
- Straight arterial tubes
- Non-clogging post aspirators
- Ring cutters
- Safety goggles
- Straight surgical scissors
- Centrifugal force pumps
- Head blocks
- Fixation forceps
- Protective shoe covers
- Axillary drain tubes
- Trocar sterilizers
- Cuticle scissors
- Infant trocars
- Iris scissors
- Surgical razors
- Thumb forceps
- Bistoury knives
- Hypodermic needles
- Highlighting brushes
- Laptop computers
- Refrigerated body storage cabinets
- Powder dusting brushes
- Paint sprayers
- Adult trocars
- Embalming machines
- Suture needle holders
- Stippling brushes
- Curved suture needles
- Lower body positioners
- Gravity injectors
- Tube occluding forceps
- Embalming fluid pumps
- Arm and hand positioners
- Embalming bulb syringes
- Protective hoods
- Hydraulic body lifts
- Blending brushes
- Mortuary lifts
- Eye suture scissors
- Jugular drain tubes
- Protective medical face masks
- Embalming injector needles
- Hairpin injectors
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- Microsoft Word
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