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