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How exposed to AI is a Funeral Attendant?

Of the 26 tasks O*NET lists for funeral attendants, 5 could be done in half the time with a chat window today. 17 cannot be sped up at all. Here is which.

Exposure means published research judged an AI could halve the time a task takes, at the same quality. It does not mean the task stops needing a person. How to read this

Also called
Funeral AssistantFuneral AssociateFuneral AttendantFuneral DirectorFuneral GreeterFuneral Home AssistantFuneral Home AssociateFuneral Home Attendant
Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
26
tasks rated for this occupation
11%
hold a degree, from a survey of 22
32k
people do this job in the US
15 of 31
least protected in personal care

Every task, and what AI can do with it

These are O*NET's task statements for this occupation, exactly as written, sorted into the three bands by the ratings behind this report. Nothing has been reworded.

Reachable with a chat window today

5
  • Direct or escort mourners to parlors or chapels in which wakes or funerals are being held
  • Perform various administrative tasks, such as typing documents or answering telephone calls
  • Obtain burial permits and register deaths
  • Obtain doctors' signatures on death certificate and complete other paperwork, such as insurance claims forms
  • Prepare obituaries for newspapers

Only with software built on top

4
  • Perform a variety of tasks during funerals to assist funeral directors and to ensure that services run smoothly and as planned
  • Attend to the needs of the bereaved, such as by offering comfort, counseling, or after-care programs
  • Provide advice to mourners on how to make charitable donations in honor of the deceased
  • Manage funeral home finances, including receiving payments, making bank deposits, or performing general bookkeeping duties

Cannot be sped up

17
  • Greet people at the funeral home
  • Transport the deceased to the funeral home
  • Close caskets at appropriate point in services
  • Offer assistance to mourners as they enter or exit limousines
  • Place caskets in parlors or chapels prior to wakes or funerals
  • Clean and drive funeral vehicles, such as cars or hearses, in funeral processions
  • Carry flowers to hearses or limousines for transportation to places of interment
  • Arrange floral offerings or lights around caskets
  • Supervise funeral processions and assist with cemetery parking
  • Act as pallbearers
  • Clean funeral parlors or chapels
  • Deliver floral arrangements or other items to family members of the deceased
  • Issue and store funeral equipment
  • Perform general maintenance tasks for funeral homes, such as maintaining equipment or caring for funeral grounds
  • Embalm, dress, cosmeticize, and casket the deceased
  • Assist with cremations and the processing and packaging of cremated remains
  • Meet with family members to plan the funeral
What this does not say

This is not a prediction about your job

Nobody surveyed an employer. Tasks are counted equally, so a percentage here is a share of the list rather than a share of your week. And the ratings were made in 2023, which makes every figure a floor rather than a ceiling.

It must never be used to select anyone for redundancy. The full limits are here.

Where to go next

This is the standard task list for the title. The useful next question is which of the tasks you actually do should go near AI, and which should not.

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Exposure ratings from Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs, Science 384, 1306–1308, 2024, used under the MIT licence. This page includes information from the O*NET Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. People Team AI has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Employment figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.