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