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