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