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