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