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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
- 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
- Embalmer
- Director
- Certified Mortician
Tasks for “Funeral Director / Embalmer”
- Direct preparations and shipment of bodies for out-of-state burial.
- Receive or usher people to their seats for services.
- 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.
- Perform embalming duties as necessary.
- Provide information on funeral service options, products, or merchandise and maintain a casket display area.
- 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.
- Maintain financial records, order merchandise, or prepare accounts.
- Clean funeral home facilities and grounds.
- Close caskets and lead funeral corteges to churches or burial sites.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Contact cemeteries to schedule the opening and closing of graves.
- Arrange for pallbearers or inform pallbearers or honorary groups of their duties.
- Discuss and negotiate prearranged funerals with clients.
- Arrange for clergy members to perform needed services.
Related Technology & Tools
- Fixation forceps
- Calvarium clamps
- Hairpin injectors
- Refrigerated body storage cabinets
- Trocar sterilizers
- Electric mortuary aspirators
- Hypodermic needles
- Curved arterial tubes
- Embalming syringes
- Axillary drain tubes
- Lower body positioners
- Straight surgical scissors
- Centrifugal force pumps
- Tinting brushes
- Arm and hand positioners
- Stippling brushes
- Steam autoclaves
- Safety coveralls
- Stryker saws
- Protective medical face masks
- Barber scissors
- Desktop computers
- Iris scissors
- Cosmetic brushes
- Embalming machines
- Angular forceps
- Extremity positioners
- Bistoury knives
- Aneurysm needles
- Embalming bulb syringes
- Casket lifters
- Non-clogging post aspirators
- Hydraulic body lifts
- Surgical razors
- Ring cutters
- Adult trocars
- Mayo scissors
- Lister bandage scissors
- Hydro-electric aspirators
- Highlighting brushes
- Infant trocars
- Straight Kelly forceps
- Lining brushes
- Embalming fluid pumps
- Femoral drain tubes
- Body bags
- Jugular drain tubes
- Infant arterial tubes
- Personal computers
- Tube occluding forceps
- Curved Kelly forceps
- Laptop computers
- Protective hoods
- Thumb forceps
- Embalming injector needles
- Nasal tube aspirators
- Carotid tubes
- Suture needle holders
- Protective medical gloves
- Head blocks
- Emergency eye wash stations
- Embalming vein drainage tubing
- Head rests
- Eye suture scissors
- Body positioners
- Cuticle scissors
- Straight arterial tubes
- Safety goggles
- Paint sprayers
- Spring forceps
- Protective shoe covers
- Mortuary lifts
- Surgical scalpels
- Iliac drain tubes
- Powder dusting brushes
- Gravity injectors
- Blending brushes
- Air brushes
- Curved suture needles
- Custom Data Systems Sterling Management Software
- HMIS Advantage
- Microsoft Word
- FPA Software MACCS
- FuneralKiosk
- Twin Tier Technologies MIMS
- Web browser software
- Belmar & Associates Mortware
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel
- Corel WordPerfect