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