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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”
- Maintain financial records, order merchandise, or prepare accounts.
- Clean funeral home facilities and grounds.
- Perform embalming duties as necessary.
- Participate in community activities for funeral home promotion or other purposes.
- Contact cemeteries to schedule the opening and closing of graves.
- Direct preparations and shipment of bodies for out-of-state burial.
- Receive or usher people to their seats for services.
- Oversee the preparation and care of the remains of people who have died.
- Inform survivors of benefits for which they may be eligible.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Arrange for clergy members to perform needed services.
- Arrange for pallbearers or inform pallbearers or honorary groups of their duties.
- Offer counsel and comfort to bereaved families or friends.
- Discuss and negotiate prearranged funerals with clients.
- 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.
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- Lower body positioners
- Laptop computers
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- Non-clogging post aspirators
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- Air brushes
- Bistoury knives
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- Body positioners
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- Lister bandage scissors
- Mortuary lifts
- Stryker saws
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- FuneralKiosk
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- Corel WordPerfect
- Twin Tier Technologies MIMS
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- Microsoft Word
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- Microsoft Excel
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- Microsoft Office