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