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