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