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