skillfactor-pipeline/skills/funeral-attendant/references/tasks.md

Tasks & work activities — funeral attendant

Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 39-4021.00 (Funeral Attendants).

Task statements

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

Detailed work activities

• Apply makeup to alter or enhance appearance.
• Arrange items for use or display.
• Assign resources or facilities to patrons or employees.
• Assist patrons with entering or exiting vehicles or other forms of transportation.
• Clean facilities or work areas.
• Clean tools or equipment.
• Deliver items.
• Direct funeral or mortuary activities.
• Drive vehicles to transport patrons.
• Embalm corpses.
• Greet customers, patrons, or visitors.
• Handle caskets.
• Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency.
• Load items into ovens or furnaces.
• Load materials into equipment for processing.
• Maintain facilities.
• Perform administrative or clerical tasks.
• Prepare administrative documents.
• Provide counsel, comfort, or encouragement to individuals or families.
• Provide escort or transportation.
• Provide patrons with directions to locales or attractions.
• Transport biological or other medical materials.
• Write informational material.