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