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O*NET detailed work activityDirect funeral or mortuary activities
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3 jobs12 tasks
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Part of Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures, under the O*NET work activity group Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 12 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Oversee the preparation and care of the remains of people who have died.
- Plan, schedule, or coordinate funerals, burials, or cremations, arranging details such as floral delivery or the time and place of services.
- Perform the duties of funeral directors, including coordinating funeral activities.
- Arrange for clergy members to perform needed services.
- Arrange for pallbearers or inform pallbearers or honorary groups of their duties.
- Supervise funeral processions and assist with cemetery parking.
- Direct preparations and shipment of bodies for out-of-state burial.
- Arrange for transporting the deceased to another state for interment.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Close caskets and lead funeral corteges to churches or burial sites.
- Plan placement of caskets at funeral sites or place or adjust lights, fixtures, or floral displays.
- Assist with placing caskets in hearses and organize cemetery processions.
- Direct casket and floral display placement and arrange guest seating.