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