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AI for Funeral Attendants

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

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.

Funeral Attendants · O*NET 39-4021.00 · Job Zone 2 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

4 of 5tools on this list have an AI solution available today

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AI you can use for this job

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The tools this job actually uses

5 documented for this occupation. Showing 5, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft Wordhot
  • Bookkeeping software
  • iCIMS Talent Cloud software

What this job involves

24 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 24.

  1. Embalm, dress, cosmeticize, and casket the deceased.
  2. Prepare obituaries for newspapers.
  3. Obtain burial permits and register deaths.
  4. Transport the deceased to the funeral home.
  5. Obtain doctors' signatures on death certificate and complete other paperwork, such as insurance claims forms.
  6. Greet people at the funeral home.
  7. Assist with cremations and the processing and packaging of cremated remains.
  8. Perform a variety of tasks during funerals to assist funeral directors and to ensure that services run smoothly and as planned.
  9. Close caskets at appropriate point in services.
  10. Direct or escort mourners to parlors or chapels in which wakes or funerals are being held.
  11. Attend to the needs of the bereaved, such as by offering comfort, counseling, or after-care programs.
  12. Place caskets in parlors or chapels prior to wakes or funerals.
  13. Offer assistance to mourners as they enter or exit limousines.
  14. Perform various administrative tasks, such as typing documents or answering telephone calls.
  15. Clean funeral parlors or chapels.
  16. Arrange floral offerings or lights around caskets.
  17. Clean and drive funeral vehicles, such as cars or hearses, in funeral processions.
  18. Act as pallbearers.
  19. Supervise funeral processions and assist with cemetery parking.
  20. Deliver floral arrangements or other items to family members of the deceased.
  21. Carry flowers to hearses or limousines for transportation to places of interment.
  22. Perform general maintenance tasks for funeral homes, such as maintaining equipment or caring for funeral grounds.
  23. Issue and store funeral equipment.
  24. Provide advice to mourners on how to make charitable donations in honor of the deceased.
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