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