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