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