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