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