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