Funeral Attendants
Perform a 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.
- Tasks
- 24 tasks16 core, 8 supplemental
- Family
- Personal Care & ServiceOne of its 34 occupations
- Code
- 39-4021.00SOC 2018: 39-4021
What the work is made of
16 core tasks and 8 supplemental, each quoted as published, with the survey it came from.
Core: central to the jobSupplemental: done by some, not all
- Task 1. Greet people at the funeral home.Core taskTask 4512Rated by 69 people who do the job, August 2024
- Task 2. Perform a variety of tasks during funerals to assist funeral directors and to ensure that services run smoothly and as planned.Core taskTask 4511Rated by 67 people who do the job, August 2024
- Task 3. Close caskets at appropriate point in services.Core taskTask 4514Rated by 68 people who do the job, August 2024
- Task 4. Direct or escort mourners to parlors or chapels in which wakes or funerals are being held.Core taskTask 4517Rated by 68 people who do the job, August 2024
- Task 5. Place caskets in parlors or chapels prior to wakes or funerals.Core taskTask 4518Rated by 66 people who do the job, August 2024
- Task 6. Offer assistance to mourners as they enter or exit limousines.Core taskTask 4513Rated by 66 people who do the job, August 2024
- Task 7. Clean funeral parlors or chapels.Core taskTask 4521Rated by 68 people who do the job, August 2024
- Task 8. Arrange floral offerings or lights around caskets.Core taskTask 4522Rated by 66 people who do the job, August 2024
- Task 9. Clean and drive funeral vehicles, such as cars or hearses, in funeral processions.Core taskTask 4519Rated by 66 people who do the job, August 2024
- Task 10. Act as pallbearers.Core taskTask 4527Rated by 67 people who do the job, August 2024
- Task 11. Supervise funeral processions and assist with cemetery parking.Core taskTask 20600Rated by 67 people who do the job, August 2024
- Task 12. Deliver floral arrangements or other items to family members of the deceased.Core taskTask 20601Rated by 68 people who do the job, August 2024
- Task 13. Carry flowers to hearses or limousines for transportation to places of interment.Core taskTask 4520Rated by 69 people who do the job, August 2024
- Task 14. Perform general maintenance tasks for funeral homes, such as maintaining equipment or caring for funeral grounds.Core taskTask 20602Rated by 67 people who do the job, August 2024
- Task 15. Issue and store funeral equipment.Core taskTask 4525Rated by 68 people who do the job, August 2024
- Task 16. Provide advice to mourners on how to make charitable donations in honor of the deceased.Core taskTask 4523Rated by 66 people who do the job, August 2024
- Task 17. Embalm, dress, cosmeticize, and casket the deceased.Supplemental taskTask 20603Rated by 68 people who do the job, August 2024
- Task 18. Prepare obituaries for newspapers.Supplemental taskTask 20607Rated by 68 people who do the job, August 2024
- Task 19. Obtain burial permits and register deaths.Supplemental taskTask 4516Rated by 68 people who do the job, August 2024
- Task 20. Transport the deceased to the funeral home.Supplemental taskTask 20597Rated by 68 people who do the job, August 2024
- Task 21. Obtain doctors' signatures on death certificate and complete other paperwork, such as insurance claims forms.Supplemental taskTask 20605Rated by 66 people who do the job, August 2024
- Task 22. Assist with cremations and the processing and packaging of cremated remains.Supplemental taskTask 4526Rated by 67 people who do the job, August 2024
- Task 23. Attend to the needs of the bereaved, such as by offering comfort, counseling, or after-care programs.Supplemental taskTask 20598Rated by 67 people who do the job, August 2024
- Task 24. Perform various administrative tasks, such as typing documents or answering telephone calls.Supplemental taskTask 20599Rated by 69 people who do the job, August 2024
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How we copy and credit sources- Published byO*NET 29.0, U.S. Department of LaborEmployment and Training Administration
- ClassificationStandard Occupational Classification 2018, 39-4021
- LicenseCC BY 4.0Free to copy and reuse, with credit
- Changed by usNothing.
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