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