Funeral Assistant

DENVER ROLLER INC • Osceola, AR

18d • Onsite

About The Position

Under the supervision of a licensed funeral director, assists with all aspects of a funeral and is an attendant at services in a manner deemed to fit the Roller image of excellent service.

Requirements

• High school diploma plus additional training as provided by the funeral home and Denver Roller Incorporated.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures and governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports and business correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from the manager, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization may exist.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral diagram, or schedule form.
• Need to have the ability to follow directives and to have an overall positive attitude toward others.
• Good verbal and interpersonal skills; compassionate understanding and ability to deal with those that are grieving.
• Valid drivers license.
• Occasional very heavy work requiring exertion of more than one hundred (100) pounds of force to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
• Employee uses hands to grasp, finger, handle, or feel objects, tool or controls.
• The employee reaches with arms and hands, and is frequently required to walk, stand, bend, or stoop, and is occasionally required to kneel, climb, balance, crouch, or crawl.
• Ability to clearly express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word, and to receive detailed information through verbal communications, with or without correction.
• Clarity of vision at distances of 20 inches or less, more than 20 inches and less than 20 feet, and more than 20 feet, with or without correction; color vision, depth perception, and peripheral vision.

Responsibilities

• Assists with funeral services in chapel and off-site locations (carrying and moving equipment, casket and floral arrangements).
• Assists with first calls and removals at the locations where death occurs.
• Availability to be on-call as scheduled within an adequate response time.
• Drive vehicles as needed (family limo, coach, 1st call van, flower van, etc).
• Available to work in more than one location.
• Assist with the greeting of customers and guests unrelated to a family being served.
• Assist in keeping the funeral home and equipment neat and clean.
• Attends scheduled staff meetings.
• Other duties deemed necessary by funeral director in charge and funeral home manager.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED