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