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