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