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