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