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