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Funeral Attendants - 39-4021.00

O*NET-SOC Description

Perform variety of tasks during funeral, such as placing casket in parlor or chapel prior to service; arranging floral offerings or lights around casket; directing or escorting mourners; closing casket; and issuing and storing funeral equipment.

Sample of Reported Job Titles

  • Funeral Attendant
  • Assistant Funeral Director
  • Funeral Assistant
  • Apprentice Funeral Director
  • Funeral Home Assistant
  • Funeral Home Associate
  • Funeral Home Attendant
  • Family Services Assistant (FSA)
  • Funeral Director Intern
  • Limosine Driver

SOC Occupation Groups

39-0000 Personal Care and Service Occupations
39-4000 Funeral Service Workers
39-4020 Funeral Attendants
39-4021.00 Funeral Attendants

Related Occupations

Tasks

  • Act as pallbearers.
  • Arrange floral offerings or lights around caskets.
  • Assist with cremations and the processing and packaging of cremated remains.
  • Carry flowers to hearses or limousines for transportation to places of interment.
  • Clean and drive funeral vehicles, such as cars or hearses, in funeral processions.
  • Clean funeral parlors or chapels.
  • Close caskets at appropriate point in services.
  • Direct or escort mourners to parlors or chapels in which wakes or funerals are being held.
  • Greet people at the funeral home.
  • Issue and store funeral equipment.
  • Obtain burial permits and register deaths.
  • Offer assistance to mourners as they enter or exit limousines.
  • Perform a variety of tasks during funerals to assist funeral directors and to ensure that services run smoothly and as planned.
  • Perform general maintenance duties for funeral homes.
  • Place caskets in parlors or chapels prior to wakes or funerals.
  • Provide advice to mourners on how to make charitable donations in honor of the deceased.
  • Transfer the deceased to funeral homes.

Detailed Work Activities

  • answer customer or public inquiries
  • arrange decorations or furniture for banquets or social functions
  • arrange floral offerings
  • assist in carrying casket
  • assist individuals into or out of vehicles, boats, aircraft, or rides
  • clean rooms or work areas
  • drive automobile, van, or light truck
  • greet customers, guests, visitors, or passengers
  • issue supplies, materials, or equipment
  • move or fit heavy objects
  • package goods for shipment or storage
  • provide customer service
  • transport passengers or cargo
  • use oral or written communication techniques

Military Crosswalk Titles

  • Graves Registration Specialist (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Mortuary Affairs Specialist (Army - Enlisted)
  • Personnel Retrieval and Processing Specialist (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Personnel Retrieval and Processing Technician (Marine Corps - Enlisted)

Apprenticeship Crosswalk Titles

No information available.

DOT Crosswalk Titles

  • Funeral Attendant
  • Pallbearer