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