Careers in Funeral Services

There are options in the funeral services industry.

Funeral service careers put a person in the position to assist a grieving family during many stages of the death process. Funeral service careers have many options available such as: working part time at a cemetery or funeral home as door assistants and valets, working for monument companies and designing grave markers as well as placing them within the appropriate cemetery for the family. Sales representatives are available for many aspects of funeral service to educate families on cremation options and burial plans.

Memorial Counselor

Memorial counselors typically work for cemeteries.

Memorial counselors typically work for cemeteries. Their duty is to educate families about the benefits of pre-arranging their funeral plans. As a memorial counselor you meet with families, assist them in making affordable decisions towards purchasing burial vaults, caskets or urns and cemetery property. A memorial counselor will also assist families in knowing their options at the funeral home regarding a service and necessary expenses. This person meets with families while they are still alive and offers long term payment plans to help give the family peace of mind that no one will be forced to pay the high cost of funeral arranging at their time of death.

Funeral Director

A funeral director serves families that have experienced the loss of a loved one.

A funeral director serves families that have experienced the loss of a loved one. They start by preparing a deceased body for preservation, casketing and viewing. Their primary duty is to assist families in planning a memorial service as well as filing death certificates to the appropriate authorities. Funeral directors over see a funeral and graveside service to ensure that each and every detail is carried out according to the families wishes. Many funeral directors also opt to offer bereavement counseling classes within their communities for those that have experienced loss to learn how to cope.

Crematory Operator

Crematory operators also offer families information.

Crematory operators have the special task of appropriately incinerating a persons body after the funeral service. They are trained to operate the machinery and properly package a persons body into an urn or burial box for the family. Crematory operators also offer families information regarding donating their bodies to science, urn and urn vault choices and alternative cremain options. Alternative cremain options allow families to have their loved ones ashes shot into space, scattered at sea or made into a small lab created diamond. There are also unique ideas available where families can have the cremains catalyzed and use them as mulch for planting a memorial bush or garden.

References

• National Funeral Directors Association: Jobs
• Batesville Casket Company: Home
• Wilbert Funeral Services: Home