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