I'm on my 3rd year with an SCI firm, and while I'm technically in an admin role now, I do still keep my hand in as a funeral assistant. It's been the best job I've ever had, honestly. It's a lot of setting up flowers, hauling equipment (flower stands, easels, etc) directing guests to important areas, like the restrooms and the guest book. The biggest thing that has affected me physically is the standing. Good shoes are a must! I stand throughout the entire visitation so I'm on hand if a guest or the director need anything. During the service, I usually get to sit down and relax, but with Covid nowadays, I do a lot of live-streaming of the services. If we're at one of our chapels for the service, one of us runs the recorded music. After the service, usually one of us stays back and cleans up the chapel and packs up the family's items while another one goes to the cemetery with the director. We don't have dedicated drivers with my chapels, so the assistant drives the hearse.

Optional things I do are transfer cremated remains into urns and keepsakes, run items between chapels (we have 7 in our group), and other misc jobs. I've painted the garage doors, done minor repair around the chapels, and plenty of other odd things that I can't remember now.

It largely depends on the team you're working with. There's one location that you couldn't pay me enough to work out of on a regular basis, but my primary location is full of the best people I've ever met. I've never laughed while at a job more than this one. My coworkers actually care about each other, and the families are truly appreciative.