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