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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.
- US jobs
- 31,090
- Median wage
- $35,680 a year
- Job family
- Physical work
Can agents do the work of funeral attendants?
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- 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.
Other job titles for this occupation (17)
Funeral Assistant · Funeral Associate · Funeral Attendant · Funeral Director · Funeral Greeter · Funeral Home Assistant · Funeral Home Associate · Funeral Home Attendant · Cemetery Services Specialist · Funeral Service Attendant · Funeral Services Assistant (FSA) · Greeter · Mortician Helper · Pallbearer · Removal Technician (Removal Tech) · Undertaker Assistant · Undertaker Helper