Will AI replace Embalmers?
Estimated risk score: 12 out of 100
Very low replacement risk
Estimate from published task research, not reviewed by a person · how we estimate
Within about 19 points for 4 in 5 of the jobs we checked (0 to 31).
For the occupation as a whole, from ratings of its 26 O*NET tasks published in 2023 and calibrated to our hand scores. A specialty inside it can sit higher or lower.
O*NET-SOC 39-4011.00 · Personal Care and Service
Tasks rated in 2023 as ones AI could do or speed up
Tasks a GPT-4-class model could do, or do in half the time or less: 1 of its 26 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
- Maintain records, such as itemized lists of clothing or valuables delivered with body and names of persons embalmed.
Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI
Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 25 of its 26 rated tasks; the first 6 are shown. In O*NET’s words.
- Apply cosmetics to impart lifelike appearance to the deceased.
- Arrange funeral home equipment and perform general maintenance.
- Assist with placing caskets in hearses and organize cemetery processions.
- Attach trocar to pump-tube, start pump, and repeat probing to force embalming fluid into organs.
- Clean and disinfect areas in which bodies are prepared and embalmed.
- Close incisions, using needles and sutures.
What the job is
Prepare bodies for interment in conformity with legal requirements.
Also called: Trade Embalmer, Funeral Embalmer, Arterial Embalmer, Anatomical Embalmer, Restorative Art Embalmer, Funeral Services Embalmer.
Source. This site includes information from the O*NET 30.1 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. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. (O*NET, CC BY 4.0.) Task ratings: Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock (2023), “GPTs are GPTs: An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models”, data used under the MIT licence (licence texts). Our change: we averaged the ratings over this occupation’s tasks and calibrated them to our 0–100 scale. It is not a prediction about any one person and not career advice. Disagree? Write to hello@yourstopwashit.com. How we estimate