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.

• Director, Funeral

• Arrange for clergy members to perform needed services.
• Arrange for pallbearers, and inform pallbearers and honorary groups of their duties.
• Clean funeral home facilities and grounds.
• Close caskets and lead funeral corteges to churches or burial sites.
• Consult with families 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.
• Direct preparations and shipment of bodies for out-of-state burial.
• Discuss and negotiate prearranged funerals with clients.
• Inform survivors of benefits for which they may be eligible.
• Maintain financial records, order merchandise, and prepare accounts.
• Manage funeral home operations, including the hiring, training, and supervision of embalmers, funeral attendants, or other staff.
• 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.
• Participate in community activities for funeral home promotion or other purposes.
• Perform embalming duties as necessary.
• 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 details such as floral delivery and 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.

• advise clients or customers
• arrange for transportation or accommodations
• assign work to staff or employees
• assist patrons or passengers to find seats
• confer with client regarding type of arrangement desired
• determine funeral arrangements
• direct and coordinate activities of workers or staff
• direct funeral services
• empathize with others during counseling or related services
• hire, discharge, transfer, or promote workers
• interview family members to arrange funeral details
• maintain records, reports, or files
• negotiate term of sale or services with customer
• obtain information from clients, customers, or patients
• order or purchase supplies, materials, or equipment
• oversee execution of organizational or program policies
• reconcile or balance financial records
• schedule activities, classes, or events
• schedule meetings or appointments
• use counseling techniques
• use freight shipping or storage procedures
• use grief counseling techniques
• use marketing techniques