Automation index
How much of a Funeral director’s job can AI already do?
A form and an obituary come earlier. Collecting someone and looking after the family do not.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
IS WORK OVER?
Funeral director
22%
AI can already do 22% of this job.
#335 / 643
View rankingFuneral director
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
Paperwork, chapel, burial and cremation.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 40% | +6.4 |
Collection, thanatopraxy and care of the body.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 12% | +2.2 |
The family, the wake, and what is and is not possible.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 18% | +3.2 |
Notice, flowers, hearse and the minute-by-minute of the rite.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Cemetery, times and suppliers.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Dignity, legal times and owning the service.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 14% | +2.2 |
| Total | 100% | 22% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- arrange funerals
- file death paperwork
- collect the deceased
- support the family
- thanatopraxy
- run the wake
- arrange cremation
- notices
Sources for this job· O*NET 39-4031.00· ESCO/ISCO 5163
IS WORK OVER?
Shellfish gatherer
18%
#580 / 643
View rankingShellfish gatherer
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
Tide, quota and the day’s permit.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Bed, rake and the cold in the legs.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 24% | 6% | +1.4 |
Grade, size and what goes back.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Market, the price and the one who does not declare.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
The toxin, the closure and not going out anyway.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 18% | +2.5 |
The quota, and not emptying the bed.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 10% | +1.4 |
| Total | 100% | 18% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- tide
- quotas
- shellfish beds
- minimum sizes
- the market
- biotoxins
- the rake
- gathering permits
Sources for this job· O*NET 45-3011.00· ESCO/ISCO 6221