Employment Percentage: 
10.538922155689
SOC ID: 
39-4021
SOC Title: 
Funeral Attendants
ONET ID: 
39-4021.00
ONET Concat ID: 
39402100
Median Salary: 
41530.31
Ed Level High School: 
65.029999
Ed Level Certificate: 
0.47
Ed Level Some College: 
7.15
Ed Level Associates: 
27.209999
Ed Level Bachelors: 
0.13
Ed Level Masters: 
0
Ed Level Doctor: 
0
Typical Ed Level: 
a high school diploma or less
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.

Core Tasks: 

<ul><li>Greet people at the funeral home.</li><li>Transport the deceased to the funeral home.</li><li>Perform a variety of tasks during funerals to assist funeral directors and to ensure that services run smoothly and as planned.</li><li>Direct or escort mourners to parlors or chapels in which wakes or funerals are being held.</li><li>Close caskets at appropriate point in services.</li><li>Attend to the needs of the bereaved, such as by offering comfort, counseling, or after-care programs.</li><li>Offer assistance to mourners as they enter or exit limousines.</li><li>Place caskets in parlors or chapels prior to wakes or funerals.</li><li>Clean and drive funeral vehicles, such as cars or hearses, in funeral processions.</li><li>Carry flowers to hearses or limousines for transportation to places of interment.</li><li>Perform various administrative tasks, such as typing documents or answering telephone calls.</li><li>Supervise funeral processions and assist with cemetery parking.</li><li>Arrange floral offerings or lights around caskets.</li><li>Act as pallbearers.</li><li>Clean funeral parlors or chapels.</li><li>Deliver floral arrangements or other items to family members of the deceased.</li><li>Issue and store funeral equipment.</li><li>Perform general maintenance tasks for funeral homes, such as maintaining equipment or caring for funeral grounds.</li><li>Provide advice to mourners on how to make charitable donations in honor of the deceased.</li></ul>

Start Annual Earnings: 
28553.58
Top Annual Earnings: 
57520.91
Title Slug: 
funeral-attendant