0471 Personnel Retrieval and Processing Specialist: civilian jobs and resume guide
The O*NET Military Crosswalk connects this Personnel Retrieval and Processing Specialist designation to Funeral Attendants. Review each civilian direction's published work details, then keep only experience you can verify. The connection does not prove that you performed a mapped task.
About this designation: The source identifies this designation as Personnel Retrieval and Processing Specialist. Its shared civilian crosswalk evidence does not establish which duties, tools, credentials, or level of responsibility you personally held.
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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.
Typical national pay$30,380–$42,870Median $35,680 · BLS OEWS 2025
Pay can vary by location, employer, schedule, credentials, and experience.
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Requirements and work details
O*NET Job Zone 2: some preparation is usually needed.
O*NET does not establish a universal civilian license for this occupation. Employers may still require credentials.
Example civilian duties from O*NET
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.
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Funeral Attendant
Summary
Funeral attendant assisting with services by placing caskets, directing mourners, closing caskets, and driving funeral vehicles during processions
Experience
Funeral Attendant
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Assisted funeral directors during services to ensure everything ran smoothly
Closed caskets at the right time during services
Directed mourners to parlors or chapels for wakes or funerals
Placed caskets in parlors or chapels before wakes or funerals
Drove funeral vehicles, such as hearses, in processions
Skills
Hands-On Work
Handling caskets, Delivering items, Cleaning tools and equipment, Cleaning work areas, Loading items into ovens, Loading materials for processing, Transporting medical materials
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The mapped civilian record lists this task: Greet people at the funeral home. Identify comparable experience only if you can verify it.
Also examine this mapped civilian task: Perform a variety of tasks during funerals to assist funeral directors and to ensure that services run smoothly and as planned. Keep it only if your own service evidence supports it.
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Which parts of your Personnel Retrieval and Processing Specialist experience can you support when considering the crosswalk direction Funeral Attendants?
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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.
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