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