Job description Funeral Services Director in Yukon

Find out what work is like for a funeral services director in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Funeral directors and embalmers (NOC 62201).

Funeral directors and embalmers

Description

Funeral directors coordinate and arrange all aspects of funeral services. Embalmers prepare the remains of deceased persons for public visitation and burial. Funeral directors and embalmers are employed by funeral homes.

Job duties

Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Funeral directors and embalmers have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:

  • Funeral directors
  • Consult with the family of the deceased regarding the nature of the funeral service, the disposition of the remains and funeral costs
  • Transfer, or arrange for the transfer of, the remains from the place of death to the funeral home
  • Inform survivors of benefits for which they may be eligible
  • Issue death notices to newspapers
  • Oversee the preparation of the remains, plan and schedule funeral services, coordinate burials and cremations and complete legal documents
  • Discuss and negotiate prearranged funerals with clients
  • Manage funeral home operations including hiring and directing staff, maintaining financial records, preparing accounts and ordering merchandise
  • Supervise embalmers, funeral home attendants and other funeral home staff
  • May perform same duties as embalmers.
  • Embalmers
  • Preserve, sanitize and prepare human remains for funeral services
  • Perform cosmetic and restorative work on human remains
  • Supervise funeral home attendants and other funeral home staff.

Related job titles

Here are some other related job titles that are found in the same occupational category (NOC 62201), and a list of similar occupations:

  • apprentice embalmer
  • embalmer
  • funeral director
  • mortician

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Sources Occupational and Skills Information System & National Occupational Classification

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