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