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