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