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