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