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Career: Funeral Directors
Job Description
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 Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
100
|
Consult with families or friends of the deceased to arrange funeral details such as obituary notice wording, casket selection, and plans for services. |
100
|
Plan, schedule, and coordinate funerals, burials, and cremations, arranging details such as floral delivery and the time and place of services. |
100
|
Contact cemeteries to schedule the opening and closing of graves. |
100
|
Provide information on funeral service options, products, and merchandise, and maintain a casket display area. |
100
|
Offer counsel and comfort to bereaved families and friends. |
100
|
Plan placement of caskets at funeral sites, and place and adjust lights, fixtures, and floral displays. |
100
|
Direct preparations and shipment of bodies for out-of-state burial. |
99
|
Close caskets and lead funeral corteges to churches or burial sites. |
99
|
Inform survivors of benefits for which they may be eligible. |
99
|
Receive and usher people to their seats for services. |
99
|
Participate in community activities for funeral home promotion or other purposes. |
98
|
Oversee the preparation and care of the remains of people who have died. |
98
|
Arrange for clergy members to perform needed services. |
97
|
Provide or arrange transportation between sites for the remains, mourners, pallbearers, clergy, and flowers. |
96
|
Obtain information needed to complete legal documents such as death certificates and burial permits. |
96
|
Clean funeral home facilities and grounds. |
96
|
Arrange for pallbearers, and inform pallbearers and honorary groups of their duties. |
94
|
Discuss and negotiate prearranged funerals with clients. |
93
|
Perform embalming duties as necessary. |
92
|
Maintain financial records, order merchandise, and prepare accounts. |
88
|
Manage funeral home operations, including the hiring, training, and supervision of embalmers, funeral attendants, or other staff. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
79
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
76
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
74
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
73
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
68
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
68
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
66
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
64
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
64
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
63
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
61
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
61
|
Getting Information
|
60
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
60
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
58
|
Thinking Creatively
|
57
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
57
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
56
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
56
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
55
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
54
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
53
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
52
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
51
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
51
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
47
|
Processing Information
|
46
|
Interacting With Computers
|
45
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
43
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
43
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
42
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
39
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
37
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
35
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
32
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
32
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
31
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
30
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
21
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
12
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
5
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|