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