Funeral Directors

Perform various tasks to arrange and direct funeral services, such as coordinating transportation of body to mortuary for embalming, interviewing family or other authorized person to arrange details, selecting pallbearers, procuring official for religious rites, and providing transportation for mourners.

Job Task

• Close caskets and lead funeral corteges to churches or burial sites.
• Consult with families and/or friends of the deceased to arrange funeral details such as obituary notice wording, casket selection, and plans for services.
• Contact cemeteries to schedule the opening and closing of graves.
• Discuss and negotiate pre-arranged funerals with clients.
• Obtain information needed to complete legal documents such as death certificates and burial permits.
• Offer counsel and comfort to bereaved families and friends.
• Oversee the preparation and care of the remains of people who have died.
• Plan placement of caskets at funeral sites, and place and adjust lights, fixtures, and floral displays.
• Plan, schedule and coordinate funerals, burials, and cremations, arranging such details as the time and place of services.
• Provide information on funeral service options, products, and merchandise, and maintain a casket display area.
• Provide or arrange transportation between sites for the remains, mourners, pallbearers, clergy, and flowers.
• Receive and usher people to their seats for services.
• Direct preparations and shipment of bodies for out-of-state burial.
• Inform survivors of benefits for which they may be eligible.
• Maintain financial records, order merchandise, and prepare accounts.
• Manage funeral home operations, including hiring and supervising embalmers, funeral attendants, and other staff.
• Perform embalming duties as necessary.
• Arrange for clergy members to perform needed services.
• Arrange for pallbearers, and inform pallbearers and honorary groups of their duties.

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