Funeral Attendants

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Job Description

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Key Tasks

• Greet people at the funeral home.
• Perform a variety of tasks during funerals to assist funeral directors and to ensure that services run smoothly and as planned.
• Close caskets at appropriate point in services.
• Direct or escort mourners to parlors or chapels in which wakes or funerals are being held.
• Place caskets in parlors or chapels prior to wakes or funerals.
• Offer assistance to mourners as they enter or exit limousines.
• Clean funeral parlors or chapels.
• Arrange floral offerings or lights around caskets.
• Clean and drive funeral vehicles, such as cars or hearses, in funeral processions.
• Act as pallbearers.
• Supervise funeral processions and assist with cemetery parking.
• Deliver floral arrangements or other items to family members of the deceased.
• Carry flowers to hearses or limousines for transportation to places of interment.
• Perform general maintenance tasks for funeral homes, such as maintaining equipment or caring for funeral grounds.
• Issue and store funeral equipment.
• Provide advice to mourners on how to make charitable donations in honor of the deceased.
• Embalm, dress, cosmeticize, and casket the deceased.
• Prepare obituaries for newspapers.
• Obtain burial permits and register deaths.
• Transport the deceased to the funeral home.
• Obtain doctors' signatures on death certificate and complete other paperwork, such as insurance claims forms.
• Assist with cremations and the processing and packaging of cremated remains.
• Attend to the needs of the bereaved, such as by offering comfort, counseling, or after-care programs.
• Perform various administrative tasks, such as typing documents or answering telephone calls.

O*NET Information

• SOC Code: 39-4021.00
• Title: Funeral Attendants

Related Occupations

Based on O*NET Standard Occupational Classification.

Career Resources

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