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Automation Squad

Role

AI for Morticians

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Perform various tasks to arrange and direct individual funeral services, such as coordinating transportation of body to mortuary, interviewing family or other authorized person to arrange details, selecting pallbearers, aiding with the selection of officials for religious rites, and providing transportation for mourners.

Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers · O*NET 39-4031.00 · Job Zone 3 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

8 of 16tools on this list have an AI solution available today

Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.

AI you can use for this job

17 matched to the tools morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers use. Showing 17.

The tools this job actually uses

16 documented for this occupation. Showing 16, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

  • Microsoft Accesshot
  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft Outlookhot
  • Microsoft PowerPointhot
  • Microsoft Wordhot
  • Salesforce softwarehot
  • Belmar & Associates Mortware
  • Corel WordPerfect Office Suite
  • Custom Data Systems Sterling Management Software
  • FPA Software MACCS
  • FuneralKiosk
  • HMIS Advantage
  • iCIMS Talent Cloud software
  • Twin Tier Technologies MIMS
  • Web browser software

What this job involves

22 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 22.

  1. Oversee the preparation and care of the remains of people who have died.
  2. Obtain information needed to complete legal documents, such as death certificates or burial permits.
  3. Perform embalming duties, as necessary.
  4. Consult with families or friends of the deceased to arrange funeral details, such as obituary notice wording, casket selection, or plans for services.
  5. Remove deceased remains from place of death.
  6. Contact cemeteries to schedule the opening and closing of graves.
  7. Plan, schedule, or coordinate funerals, burials, or cremations, arranging details such as floral delivery or the time and place of services.
  8. Close caskets and lead funeral corteges to churches or burial sites.
  9. Provide information on funeral service options, products, or merchandise, and maintain a casket display area.
  10. Offer counsel and comfort to bereaved families or friends.
  11. Direct preparations and shipment of bodies for out-of-state burial.
  12. Discuss and negotiate prearranged funerals with clients.
  13. Maintain financial records, order merchandise, or prepare accounts.
  14. Provide or arrange transportation between sites for the remains, mourners, pallbearers, clergy, or flowers.
  15. Arrange for clergy members to perform needed services.
  16. Plan placement of caskets at funeral sites or place or adjust lights, fixtures, or floral displays.
  17. Clean funeral home facilities and grounds.
  18. Manage funeral home operations, including the hiring, training, or supervision of embalmers, funeral attendants, or other staff.
  19. Inform survivors of benefits for which they may be eligible.
  20. Arrange for pallbearers or inform pallbearers or honorary groups of their duties.
  21. Receive or usher people to their seats for services.
  22. Participate in community activities for funeral home promotion or other purposes.
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