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