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