- Train or supervise other hairstylists, hairdressers, and assistants.
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- Inform staff of job responsibilities, performance expectations, client service standards, or corporate policies and guidelines.
- Train staff in the use or sale of products, programs, or activities.
- Develop staff service or retail goals and guide staff in goal achievement.
- Respond to customer inquiries or complaints.
- Schedule guest appointments.
- Maintain client databases.
- Coordinate facility schedules to maximize usage and efficiency.
- Perform accounting duties, such as recording daily cash flow, preparing bank deposits, or generating financial statements.
- Monitor operations to ensure compliance with applicable health, safety, or hygiene standards.
- Plan or direct spa services and programs.
- Develop or implement marketing strategies.
- Sell products, services, or memberships.
- Recruit, interview, or hire employees.
- Assess employee performance and suggest ways to improve work.
- Inventory products and order new supplies.
- Establish spa budgets and financial goals.
- Participate in continuing education classes to maintain current knowledge of industry.
- Direct facility maintenance or repair.
- Verify staff credentials, such as educational and certification requirements.
- Schedule staff or supervise scheduling.
- Check spa equipment to ensure proper functioning.
- Inform staff of job responsibilities, performance expectations, client service standards, or corporate policies and guidelines.
- Train staff in the use or sale of products, programs, or activities.
- Develop staff service or retail goals and guide staff in goal achievement.
- Supervise, train, and evaluate residence hall staff, including resident assistants, participants in work-study programs, and other student workers.
- Supervise students' housekeeping work to ensure that it is done properly.
- Supervise the activities of housekeeping personnel.
- Communicate with other staff to resolve problems with individual students.
- Observe students to detect and report unusual behavior.
- Provide emergency first aid and summon medical assistance when necessary.
- Make regular rounds to ensure that residents and areas are safe and secure.
- Mediate interpersonal problems between residents.
- Enforce rules and regulations to ensure the smooth and orderly operation of dormitory programs.
- Determine the need for facility maintenance and repair, and notify appropriate personnel.
- Collaborate with counselors to develop counseling programs that address the needs of individual students.
- Develop and coordinate educational programs for residents.
- Develop program plans for individuals or assist in plan development.
- Provide requested information on students' progress and the development of case plans.
- Confer with medical personnel to better understand the backgrounds and needs of individual residents.
- Administer, coordinate, or recommend disciplinary and corrective actions.
- Answer telephones, and route calls or deliver messages.
- Counsel students in the handling of issues such as family, financial, and educational problems.
- Hold regular meetings with each assigned unit.
- Compile information such as residents' daily activities and the quantities of supplies used to prepare required reports.
- Chaperone group-sponsored trips and social functions.
- Order supplies for facilities.
- Oversee departmental budget.
- Process contract cancellations for students who are unable to follow residence hall policies and procedures.
- Accompany and supervise students during meals.
- Assign rooms to students.
- Provide transportation or escort for expeditions, such as shopping trips or visits to doctors or dentists.
- Direct and participate in on- and off-campus recreational activities for residents of institutions, boarding schools, fraternities or sororities, children's homes, or similar establishments.
- Sort and distribute mail.
- Inventory, pack, and remove items left behind by former residents.
- Supervise, train, and evaluate residence hall staff, including resident assistants, participants in work-study programs, and other student workers.
- Supervise students' housekeeping work to ensure that it is done properly.
- Supervise the activities of housekeeping personnel.
- Train workers in proper operational procedures and functions and explain company policies.
- Direct or coordinate the activities of workers, such as hotel staff or hair stylists.
- Assign work schedules, following work requirements, to ensure quality and timely delivery of service.
- Observe and evaluate workers' appearance and performance to ensure quality service and compliance with specifications.
- Resolve customer complaints regarding worker performance or services rendered.
- Recruit and hire staff members.
- Inspect work areas or operating equipment to ensure conformance to established standards in areas such as cleanliness or maintenance.
- Meet with managers or other supervisors to stay informed of changes affecting operations.
- Take disciplinary action to address performance problems.
- Apply customer feedback to service improvement efforts.
- Requisition necessary supplies, equipment, or services.
- Participate in continuing education to stay abreast of industry trends and developments.
- Inform workers about interests or special needs of specific groups.
- Direct marketing, advertising, or other customer recruitment efforts.
- Arrange worker breaks to ensure services are adequately staffed throughout each shift.
- Inform management about problems, such as employee disputes.
- Investigate employee complaints and resolve problems following management rules and regulations.
- Train workers in proper operational procedures and functions and explain company policies.
- Direct or coordinate the activities of workers, such as hotel staff or hair stylists.
- Direct or coordinate the activities of entertainment and recreation related workers.
- Train workers in proper operational procedures and functions and explain company policies.
- Analyze and record personnel or operational data and write related activity reports.
- Apply customer feedback to service improvement efforts.
- Assign work schedules, following work requirements, to ensure quality and timely delivery of service.
- Collaborate with staff members to plan or develop programs of events or schedules of activities.
- Furnish customers with information on events or activities.
- Inform workers about interests or special needs of specific groups.
- Inspect work areas or operating equipment to ensure conformance to established standards in areas such as cleanliness or maintenance.
- Meet with managers or other supervisors to stay informed of changes affecting workers or operations.
- Observe and evaluate workers' appearance and performance to ensure quality service and compliance with specifications.
- Participate in continuing education to stay abreast of industry trends and developments.
- Plan, direct, or supervise recreational and entertainment activities led by staff, such as sports, aquatics, games, or performing arts.
- Provide staff with assistance in performing difficult or complicated duties.
- Recruit and hire staff members.
- Requisition supplies and equipment necessary for workers to facilitate recreational or entertainment activities, such as safety harnesses, flash lights, or first aid kits.
- Resolve customer complaints regarding worker performance or services rendered.
- Serve as a point of contact between managerial staff and leaders of recreational or entertainment activities.
- Take disciplinary action to address performance problems.
- Direct or coordinate the activities of entertainment and recreation related workers.
- Train workers in proper operational procedures and functions and explain company policies.
- Direct or coordinate the activities of workers, such as flight or car attendants.
- Train workers in proper operational procedures and functions and explain company policies.
- Analyze and record personnel or operational data and write related activity reports.
- Apply customer feedback to service improvement efforts.
- Compute or estimate cash, payroll, transportation, or personnel requirements.
- Confer with customers, supervisors, contractors, or other personnel to exchange information or to resolve problems.
- Enforce safety rules and regulations.
- Explain and demonstrate work tasks to new workers or assign training tasks to experienced workers.
- Inform workers about interests or special needs of specific groups.
- Inspect materials, stock, vehicles, equipment, or facilities to ensure that they are safe, free of defects, and consistent with specifications.
- Inspect work areas or operating equipment to ensure conformance to established standards in areas such as cleanliness or maintenance.
- Meet with managers or other supervisors to stay informed of changes affecting operations.
- Observe and evaluate workers' appearance and performance to ensure quality service and compliance with specifications.
- Participate in continuing education to stay abreast of industry trends and developments.
- Recommend and implement measures to improve worker motivation, work methods, or customer services.
- Recruit and hire staff members.
- Requisition necessary supplies, equipment, or services.
- Resolve customer complaints regarding worker performance or services rendered.
- Take disciplinary action to address performance problems.
- Direct or coordinate the activities of workers, such as flight or car attendants.
- Train workers in proper operational procedures and functions and explain company policies.
- Direct the work of wardrobe crews during dress rehearsals or performances.
- Participate in the hiring, training, scheduling, or supervision of alteration workers.
- Create worksheets for dressing lists, show notes, or costume checks.
- Provide dressing assistance to cast members or assign cast dressers to assist specific cast members with costume changes.
- Arrange costumes in order of use to facilitate quick-change procedures for performances.
- Design or construct costumes or send them to tailors for construction, major repairs, or alterations.
- Examine costume fit on cast members and sketch or write notes for alterations.
- Distribute costumes or related equipment and keep records of item status.
- Check the appearance of costumes on stage or under lights to determine whether desired effects are being achieved.
- Clean and press costumes before and after performances and perform any minor repairs.
- Collaborate with production designers, costume designers, or other production staff to discuss and execute costume design details.
- Monitor, maintain, or secure inventories of costumes, wigs, or makeup, providing keys or access to assigned directors, costume designers, or wardrobe mistresses/masters.
- Purchase, rent, or requisition costumes or other wardrobe necessities.
- Study books, pictures, or examples of period clothing to determine styles worn during specific periods in history.
- Return borrowed or rented items when productions are complete and return other items to storage.
- Review scripts or other production information to determine a story's locale or period, as well as the number of characters and required costumes.
- Inventory stock to determine types or conditions of available costuming.
- Provide managers with budget recommendations and take responsibility for budgetary line items related to costumes, storage, or makeup needs.
- Assign lockers to employees and maintain locker rooms, dressing rooms, wig rooms, or costume storage or laundry areas.
- Recommend vendors and monitor their work.
- Care for non-clothing items, such as flags, table skirts, or draperies.
- Direct the work of wardrobe crews during dress rehearsals or performances.
- Participate in the hiring, training, scheduling, or supervision of alteration workers.
- Supervise staff and monitor gambling tables to ensure security of the game.
- Train new dealers.
- Pay winnings or collect losing bets as established by the rules and procedures of a specific game.
- Greet customers and make them feel welcome.
- Exchange paper currency for playing chips or coin money.
- Check to ensure that all players have placed bets before play begins.
- Inspect cards and equipment to be used in games to ensure that they are in good condition.
- Deal cards to house hands, and compare these with players' hands to determine winners, as in black jack.
- Stand behind a gaming table and deal the appropriate number of cards to each player.
- Apply rule variations to card games such as poker, in which players bet on the value of their hands.
- Receive, verify, and record patrons' cash wagers.
- Conduct gambling games, such as dice, roulette, cards, or keno, following all applicable rules and regulations.
- Work as part of a team of dealers in games, such as baccarat or craps.
- Start and control games and gaming equipment, and announce winning numbers or colors.
- Compute amounts of players' wins or losses, or scan winning tickets presented by patrons to calculate the amount of money won.
- Open and close cash floats and game tables.
- Answer questions about game rules and casino policies.
- Refer patrons to gaming cashiers to collect winnings.
- Seat patrons at gaming tables.
- Prepare collection reports for submission to supervisors.
- Participate in games for gambling establishments to provide the minimum complement of players at a table.
- Supervise staff and monitor gambling tables to ensure security of the game.
- Train new dealers.
- Direct workers compiling summary sheets for each race or event to record amounts wagered and amounts to be paid to winners.
- Train, supervise, schedule, and evaluate workers.
- Monitor game operations to ensure that house rules are followed, that tribal, state, and federal regulations are adhered to, and that employees provide prompt and courteous service.
- Observe gamblers' behavior for signs of cheating, such as marking, switching, or counting cards, and notify security staff of suspected cheating.
- Perform paperwork required for monetary transactions.
- Respond to and resolve patrons' complaints.
- Greet customers and ask about the quality of service they are receiving.
- Perform minor repairs or make adjustments to slot machines, resolving problems such as machine tilts and coin jams.
- Maintain familiarity with the games at a facility and with strategies or tricks used by cheaters at such games.
- Monitor payment of hand-delivered jackpots to ensure promptness.
- Explain and interpret house rules, such as game rules or betting limits, for patrons.
- Establish and maintain banks and table limits for each game.
- Reset slot machines after payoffs.
- Answer patrons' questions about gaming machine functions and payouts.
- Record the specifics of malfunctioning machines and document malfunctions needing repair.
- Monitor patrons for signs of compulsive gambling, offering assistance if necessary.
- Supervise the distribution of complimentary meals, hotel rooms, discounts, or other items given to players, based on length of play and amount bet.
- Report customer-related incidents occurring in gaming areas to supervisors.
- Attach "out of order" signs to malfunctioning machines, and notify technicians when machines need to be repaired or removed.
- Enforce safety rules, and report or remove safety hazards as well as guests who are underage, intoxicated, disruptive, or cheating.
- Exchange currency for customers, converting currency into requested combinations of bills and coins.
- Evaluate workers' performance and prepare written performance evaluations.
- Monitor stations and games and move dealers from game to game to ensure adequate staffing.
- Clean and maintain slot machines and surrounding areas.
- Monitor functioning of slot machine coin dispensers and fill coin hoppers when necessary.
- Record, issue receipts for, and pay off bets.
- Determine how many gaming tables to open each day and schedule staff accordingly.
- Review operational expenses, budget estimates, betting accounts, or collection reports for accuracy.
- Establish policies on types of gambling offered, odds, or extension of credit.
- Interview and hire workers.
- Direct workers compiling summary sheets for each race or event to record amounts wagered and amounts to be paid to winners.
- Train, supervise, schedule, and evaluate workers.
- Train workers in company procedures or policy.
- Administer first aid in emergency situations.
- Assign tasks and work hours to staff.
- Calculate and record department expenses and revenue.
- Clean equipment and areas of amusement park, cruise ship, or other recreational facility.
- Explain rules and regulations of facilities and entertainment attractions to customers.
- Inspect equipment, such as rides, games, and vehicles, to detect wear and damage.
- Interview and hire associates to fill staff vacancies.
- Operate, drive, or explain the use of mechanical equipment in amusement parks, cruise ships, or other recreational facilities.
- Plan programs of events or schedules of activities.
- Plan, organize, or lead group activities for customers, such as exercise routines, athletic events, or arts and crafts.
- Resolve customer complaints regarding worker performance or services rendered.
- Store and retrieve equipment, such as vehicles, radios, and ride components.
- Talk to coworkers using electronic devices, such as computers and radios.
- Talk to customers to convey information about events or activities.
- Write and present strategies for recreational facility programming using customer or employee data.
- Write budgets to plan recreational activities or programs.
- Train workers in company procedures or policy.
- Train other guides and volunteers.
- Describe tour points of interest to group members, and respond to questions.
- Escort individuals or groups on cruises, sightseeing tours, or through places of interest, such as industrial establishments, public buildings, or art galleries.
- Monitor visitors' activities to ensure compliance with establishment or tour regulations and safety practices.
- Conduct educational activities for school children.
- Research various topics, including site history, environmental conditions, and clients' skills and abilities to plan appropriate expeditions, instruction, and commentary.
- Provide directions and other pertinent information to visitors.
- Select travel routes and sites to be visited based on knowledge of specific areas.
- Provide for physical safety of groups, performing such activities as providing first aid or directing emergency evacuations.
- Assemble and check the required supplies and equipment prior to departure.
- Greet and register visitors, and issue any required identification badges or safety devices.
- Distribute brochures, show audiovisual presentations, and explain establishment processes and operations at tour sites.
- Drive motor vehicles to transport visitors to establishments and tour site locations.
- Provide information about wildlife varieties and habitats, as well as any relevant regulations, such as those pertaining to hunting and fishing.
- Teach skills, such as proper climbing methods, and demonstrate and advise on the use of equipment.
- Collect fees and tickets from group members.
- Perform clerical duties, such as filing, typing, operating switchboards, or routing mail and messages.
- Solicit tour patronage and sell souvenirs.
- Speak foreign languages to communicate with foreign visitors.
- Train other guides and volunteers.
- Perform clerical and administrative duties such as keeping records, paying bills, and hiring and supervising personnel.
- Clean and sterilize scissors, combs, clippers, and other instruments.
- Drape and pin protective cloths around customers' shoulders.
- Cut and trim hair according to clients' instructions or current hairstyles, using clippers, combs, hand-held blow driers, and scissors.
- Question patrons regarding desired services and haircut styles.
- Clean work stations and sweep floors.
- Apply lather and shave beards or neck and temple hair contours, using razors.
- Record services provided on cashiers' tickets or receive payment from customers.
- Shape and trim beards and moustaches, using scissors.
- Stay informed of the latest styles and hair care techniques.
- Suggest treatments to alleviate hair problems.
- Order supplies.
- Shampoo hair.
- Recommend and sell lotions, tonics, or other cosmetic supplies.
- Measure, fit, and groom hairpieces.
- Identify hair problems, using microscopes and testing devices, or by sending clients' hair samples out to independent laboratories for analysis.
- Provide skin care and nail treatments.
- Keep card files on clientele, recording notes of work done, products used and fees charged after each visit.
- Curl, color, or straighten hair, using special chemical solutions and equipment.
- Provide face, neck, and scalp massages.
- Perform clerical and administrative duties such as keeping records, paying bills, and hiring and supervising personnel.
- Supervise staff and games and mediate disputes.
- Collect bets in the form of cash or chips, verifying and recording amounts.
- Collect cards or tickets from players.
- Compute and verify amounts won or lost, paying out winnings or referring patrons to workers, such as gaming cashiers, so that winnings can be collected.
- Answer questions about game rules or casino policies.
- Conduct gambling tables or games, such as dice, roulette, cards, or keno, and ensure that game rules are followed.
- Operate games in which players bet that a ball will come to rest in a particular slot on a rotating wheel, performing actions such as spinning the wheel and releasing the ball.
- Exchange paper currency for playing chips or coins.
- Compare the house hand with players' hands to determine the winner.
- Seat patrons at gaming tables.
- Open or close cash floats or game tables.
- Pay off or move bets as established by game rules and procedures.
- Start gaming equipment that randomly selects numbered balls and announce winning numbers and colors.
- Check to ensure that all players have placed their bets before play begins.
- Inspect cards or equipment to be used in games to ensure they are in proper condition.
- Record the number of tickets cashed and the amount paid out after each race or event.
- Prepare collection reports for submission to supervisors.
- Take the house percentage from each pot.
- Deliver tickets, cards, and money to bingo callers.
- Participate in games for gambling establishments to provide the minimum complement of players at a table.
- Sell food, beverages, or tobacco to players.
- Push dice to shooters and retrieve thrown dice.
- Supervise staff and games and mediate disputes.
- Manage funeral home operations, including the hiring, training, or supervision of embalmers, funeral attendants, or other staff.
- Obtain information needed to complete legal documents, such as death certificates or burial permits.
- Consult with families or friends of the deceased to arrange funeral details, such as obituary notice wording, casket selection, or plans for services.
- Perform embalming duties, as necessary.
- Oversee the preparation and care of the remains of people who have died.
- Contact cemeteries to schedule the opening and closing of graves.
- Remove deceased remains from place of death.
- Arrange for clergy members to perform needed services.
- Provide information on funeral service options, products, or merchandise, and maintain a casket display area.
- Offer counsel and comfort to bereaved families or friends.
- Maintain financial records, order merchandise, or prepare accounts.
- Plan, schedule, or coordinate funerals, burials, or cremations, arranging details such as floral delivery or the time and place of services.
- Close caskets and lead funeral corteges to churches or burial sites.
- Direct preparations and shipment of bodies for out-of-state burial.
- Inform survivors of benefits for which they may be eligible.
- Provide or arrange transportation between sites for the remains, mourners, pallbearers, clergy, or flowers.
- Plan placement of caskets at funeral sites or place or adjust lights, fixtures, or floral displays.
- Discuss and negotiate prearranged funerals with clients.
- Clean funeral home facilities and grounds.
- Arrange for pallbearers or inform pallbearers or honorary groups of their duties.
- Receive or usher people to their seats for services.
- Participate in community activities for funeral home promotion or other purposes.
- Manage funeral home operations, including the hiring, training, or supervision of embalmers, funeral attendants, or other staff.
- Schedule or manage staff, such as volunteer usher corps.
- Greet patrons attending entertainment events.
- Sell or collect admission tickets, passes, or facility memberships from patrons at entertainment events.
- Clean facilities.
- Settle seating disputes or help solve other customer concerns.
- Examine tickets or passes to verify authenticity, using criteria such as color or date issued.
- Provide assistance with patrons' special needs, such as helping those with wheelchairs.
- Guide patrons to exits or provide other instructions or assistance in case of emergency.
- Refuse admittance to undesirable persons or persons without tickets or passes.
- Assist patrons by giving directions to points in or outside of the facility or providing information about local attractions.
- Assist patrons in finding seats, lighting the way with flashlights, if necessary.
- Maintain order and ensure adherence to safety rules.
- Search for lost articles or for parents of lost children.
- Operate refreshment stands during intermission or obtain refreshments for press box patrons during performances.
- Count and record number of tickets collected.
- Lead tours and answer visitors' questions about the exhibits.
- Manage inventory or sale of artist merchandise.
- Verify credentials of patrons desiring entrance into press box and permit only authorized persons to enter.
- Distribute programs to patrons.
- Give door checks to patrons who are temporarily leaving establishments.
- Manage informational kiosks or displays of event signs or posters.
- Work with others to change advertising displays.
- Page individuals wanted at the box office.
- Schedule or manage staff, such as volunteer usher corps.
- Supervise and coordinate the work activities of personnel, such as training staff members and assigning work duties.
- Enforce rules and regulations of recreational facilities to maintain discipline and ensure safety.
- Organize, lead, and promote interest in recreational activities, such as arts, crafts, sports, games, camping, and hobbies.
- Assess the needs and interests of individuals and groups and plan activities accordingly, given the available equipment or facilities.
- Manage the daily operations of recreational facilities.
- Administer first aid according to prescribed procedures and notify emergency medical personnel when necessary.
- Complete and maintain time and attendance forms and inventory lists.
- Explain principles, techniques, and safety procedures to participants in recreational activities and demonstrate use of materials and equipment.
- Direct special activities or events, such as aquatics, gymnastics, or performing arts.
- Evaluate recreation areas, facilities, and services to determine if they are producing desired results.
- Document individuals' progress toward meeting their treatment goals.
- Greet new arrivals to activities, introducing them to other participants, explaining facility rules, and encouraging participation.
- Confer with management to discuss and resolve participant complaints.
- Meet with staff to discuss rules, regulations, and work-related problems.
- Oversee the purchase, planning, design, construction, and upkeep of recreation facilities and areas.
- Encourage participants to develop their own activities and leadership skills through group discussions.
- Meet and collaborate with agency personnel, community organizations, and other professional personnel to plan balanced recreational programs for participants.
- Provide for entertainment and set up related decorations and equipment.
- Serve as liaison between park or recreation administrators and activity instructors.
- Schedule maintenance and use of facilities.
- Conduct individual in-room visits with residents.
- Develop treatment goals for individuals based on their assessments.
- Evaluate staff performance, recording evaluations on appropriate forms.
- Take residents on community outings.
- Supervise and coordinate the work activities of personnel, such as training staff members and assigning work duties.
- Perform general personnel functions, such as supervision, training, and scheduling.
- Maintain a safe play environment.
- Observe and monitor children's play activities.
- Communicate with children's parents or guardians about daily activities, behaviors, and related issues.
- Support children's emotional and social development, encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts.
- Care for children in institutional setting, such as group homes, nursery schools, private businesses, or schools for the handicapped.
- Sanitize toys and play equipment.
- Dress children and change diapers.
- Keep records on individual children, including daily observations and information about activities, meals served, and medications administered.
- Identify signs of emotional or developmental problems in children and bring them to parents' or guardians' attention.
- Instruct children in health and personal habits, such as eating, resting, and toilet habits.
- Organize and store toys and materials to ensure order in activity areas.
- Perform general administrative tasks, such as taking attendance, editing internal paperwork, and making phone calls.
- Create developmentally appropriate lesson plans.
- Perform housekeeping duties, such as laundry, cleaning, dish washing, and changing of linens.
- Read to children and teach them simple painting, drawing, handicrafts, and songs.
- Assist in preparing food and serving meals and refreshments to children.
- Discipline children and recommend or initiate other measures to control behavior, such as caring for own clothing and picking up toys and books.
- Regulate children's rest periods.
- Organize and participate in recreational activities and outings, such as games and field trips.
- Sterilize bottles and prepare formulas.
- Help children with homework and school work.
- Provide care for mentally disturbed, delinquent, or handicapped children.
- Operate in-house day-care centers within businesses.
- Accompany children to and from school, on outings, and to medical appointments.
- Perform general personnel functions, such as supervision, training, and scheduling.
- Supervise funeral attendants and other funeral home staff.
- Conform to laws of health and sanitation and ensure that legal requirements concerning embalming are met.
- Apply cosmetics to impart lifelike appearance to the deceased.
- Join lips, using needles and thread or wire.
- Close incisions, using needles and sutures.
- Incise stomach and abdominal walls and probe internal organs, using trocar, to withdraw blood and waste matter from organs.
- Clean and disinfect areas in which bodies are prepared and embalmed.
- Dress bodies and place them in caskets.
- Make incisions in arms or thighs and drain blood from circulatory system and replace it with embalming fluid, using pump.
- Remove the deceased from place of death and transport to funeral home.
- Perform the duties of funeral directors, including coordinating funeral activities.
- Attach trocar to pump-tube, start pump, and repeat probing to force embalming fluid into organs.
- Reshape or reconstruct disfigured or maimed bodies when necessary, using dermasurgery techniques and materials such as clay, cotton, plaster of Paris, and wax.
- Pack body orifices with cotton saturated with embalming fluid to prevent escape of gases or waste matter.
- Conduct interviews to arrange for the preparation of obituary notices, to assist with the selection of caskets or urns, and to determine the location and time of burials or cremations.
- Insert convex celluloid or cotton between eyeballs and eyelids to prevent slipping and sinking of eyelids.
- Assist with placing caskets in hearses and organize cemetery processions.
- Maintain records, such as itemized lists of clothing or valuables delivered with body and names of persons embalmed.
- Wash and dry bodies, using germicidal soap and towels or hot air dryers.
- Arrange for transporting the deceased to another state for interment.
- Perform special procedures necessary for remains that are to be transported to other states or overseas, or where death was caused by infectious disease.
- Serve as pallbearers, attend visiting rooms, and provide other assistance to the bereaved.
- Direct casket and floral display placement and arrange guest seating.
- Arrange funeral home equipment and perform general maintenance.
- Assist coroners at death scenes or at autopsies, file police reports, and testify at inquests or in court, if employed by a coroner.
- Press diaphragm to evacuate air from lungs.
- Supervise funeral attendants and other funeral home staff.
