Occupation: Funeral Attendants

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.

39-4021.00 | 24 tasks | 9 job titles
Reported Job Titles (9)
  • Embalmer Apprentice
  • Funeral Assistant
  • Funeral Associate
  • Funeral Attendant
  • Funeral Director
  • Funeral Greeter
  • Funeral Home Assistant
  • Funeral Home Associate
  • Funeral Home Attendant
Core Tasks (16)
  • 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.
Supplemental Tasks (8)
  • 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.