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