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