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