Job address
US
Company size
11-50 employees
Job sector
Human Services
occupation category
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Directors
Job type
Contract
Work environment
In person
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- Applies knowledge of how to deal with family conflict
- Obtains documents and permits related to embalming and funerals from various sources
- Applies knowledge of New Age, military and other beliefs, practices, and customs
- Obtains information needed to complete legal documents, such as death certificates or burial permits.
- Offers counsel and comfort to bereaved families or friends
- Consults with families or friends of the deceased to arrange funeral details, such as obituary notice wording, casket selection, or plans for services
- Applies knowledge of the contracts and prearrangement sales law
- Applies knowledge of the benefits available to the bereaved under regulations, and to military veterans
- Applies knowledge of equipment used for arterial injection and venous drainage
- Contacts cemeteries to schedule the opening and closing of graves
- Drives hearse as needed
- Applies knowledge of the skills required to handle and use the following equipment properly: autopsy fluid collection vacuum aspirators or tubing, cadaver lifter or transfer devices, embalming cavity injectors, embalming injecting tubes, embalming vein drainage tubes, makeup kits, mortuary aspirators, operating room patient positioning devices for general use, surgical clamps or clips or forceps, surgical scissors, air brushes, autopsy saws, centrifugal pumps, safety goggles, hair care supplies, medical body bags, protective coveralls, and suture needles
- Applies knowledge of the role of public guardian, public estate, and purpose of a will
- Provides or arranges transportation between sites for the remains, mourners, pallbearers, clergy, or flowers
- Plans and implements changes to service offerings to meet community needs or increase funeral home revenues
- Ensures the care and handling of the deceased is consistent with accepted principles and sound practices of the profession and the direction of the legal representatives of the deceased
- Develops and reviews service plans in consultation with clients and perform follow-ups assessing the quantity and quality of services provided
- Applies knowledge of the legislation and regulatory acts that apply
- Oversees the preparation and care of the remains of people who have died
- Maintains financial records, order merchandise, or prepare accounts
- Carries out all aspects of business operations in a legal and ethical manner
- Cleans funeral home facilities and grounds
- Manages funeral home operations, including the hiring, training, or supervision of embalmers, funeral attendants, or other staff
- Applies knowledge of funeral home procedures and protocols for funerals
- Applies knowledge of matter, solutions, compounds and chemistry
- Applies knowledge of conditions that affect the embalming process
- Monitors operations to ensure compliance with safety or security policies or regulations
- Transports biological or other medical materials
- Fulfills the needs of the legal representatives of the deceased and the bereaved through effective communication skills in a supportive atmosphere
- Performs embalming duties, as necessary
- Plans and implements sales promotions or other marketing strategies and activities for funeral home operations
- Sells funeral services, products, or merchandise to clients
- Maintains effective community / public relations
- Applies knowledge of embalming equipment and supplies
- Applies knowledge of grief and grieving processes and terminology and the psychological value / therapeutic effect of a funeral
- Arranges for pallbearers or inform pallbearers or honorary groups of their duties
- Plans, schedules, or coordinates funerals, burials, or cremations, arranging details such as floral delivery or the time and place of services
- Arranges for clergy members to perform needed services
- Applies knowledge of ante and post mortem changes
- Applies knowledge of the handling of reporting of vital statistics
- Informs survivors of benefits for which they may be eligible
- Removes deceased remains from place of death
- Provides information on funeral service options, products, or merchandise, and maintain a casket display area
- Provides clients with pricing information and prepares contracts
- Receives or ushers people to their seats for services
- Completes and maintains records such as state-required documents, tracking documents, or product inventories
- Plans placement of caskets at funeral sites or places or adjusts lights, fixtures, or floral displays
- Applies knowledge of funeral customs, rituals, cremation, and aquamation practices
- Directs and arranges funeral services and visitations effectively and professionally, consistent with the direction of the legal representatives and sensitive to the needs of the bereaved
- Applies knowledge of death and dying processes and issues particular to various cultures, ethnicities, and religious entities.
- Participates in community activities for funeral home promotion or other purposes
- Applies knowledge of funeral products and merchandise
- Directs preparations and shipment of bodies for out-of-state burial
- Applies knowledge of the basic tasks in the day-to-day operations of a funeral home in the most ethical and professional manner possible
- Applies knowledge of religious burial beliefs, customs and traditions
- Orders materials, supplies, or equipment
- Discusses and negotiates prearranged funerals with clients
- Applies knowledge of various belief systems, philosophies and views
- Applies knowledge of embalming chemistry, solutions and compounds
- Applies knowledge of restorative suturing materials and techniques
- Advises clients on types of memorials, like headstones
- Closes caskets and leads funeral corteges to churches or burial sites
- Provides wake, graveside, funeral, and interment services
- Applies knowledge of grief and grieving processes as it related to the deceased and the nature of their death
- Applies knowledge of the handling of remains and control of disposition, how they are administered and by whom, and how control applies to cemetery operators
