Occupation Atlasfuneral services director
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/857ed740-f4ae-43d0-8295-d6181f1d7eed
funeral services director
Funeral services directors coordinate the logistics of funerals. They support the deceased family by arranging the details concerning the location, dates and times of memorial services. Funeral services directors contact representatives of the cemetery to prepare the site, plan transportation for the deceased person, advise on the types of memorials and legal requirements or paperwork. Funeral services directors organise the daily operations of the crematorium. They oversee the staff's activities in the crematorium and ensure that they deliver services according to legal requirements. They monitor the crematorium service revenue budget and develop and maintain operational rules within the crematorium.
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Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
CESConventional · Enterprising · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional4.67
- E Enterprising4.66
- S Social4.41
- R Realistic3.55
- A Artistic1.75
- I Investigative1.40
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers (39-4031.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (20)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- administer appointments
- advise on funeral services
- apply health and safety standards
- apply organisational techniques
- business knowledge
- develop organisational policies
- develop professional network
- greet guests
- maintain customer service
- maintain personal hygiene standards
- manage budgets
- manage financial aspects of a company
- manage staff
- oversee cremations
- prepare ceremonial locations
- promote human rights
- provide directions to guests
- recruit employees
- show diplomacy
- train employees
Optional (25)
- analyse financial performance of a company
- apply business acumen
- assist with funeral planning
- business management principles
- control minor maintenance
- coordinate catering
- dress bodies
- drive vehicles in processions
- embalm bodies
- keep personal administration
- liaise with local authorities
- maintain inventory of tools
- maintain professional administration
- manage emergency evacuation plans
- manage funeral equipment
- manage maintenance operations
- operate cremation equipment
- perform religious ceremonies
- prepare coffins for cremation
- provide emotional support to the bereaved
- provide visitor information
- relate empathetically
- respond to visitor complaints
- transfer coffins
- work ergonomically
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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