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