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