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