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