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