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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.

What you’d do

  • 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.

Skills that matter

  • Service Orientation
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Active Listening
  • Coordination
  • Monitoring
  • Speaking

How to get there

Little to some preparation: usually a high school diploma or GED, though some jobs do not need one

Also called

  • Funeral Assistant
  • Funeral Attendant
  • Funeral Director
  • Funeral Home Assistant
  • Funeral Associate
  • Funeral Greeter

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