Obtain burial permits and register deaths.

“Obtain burial permits and register deaths.” is a supplemental task performed by Funeral Attendants. Among the occupation's 26 rated tasks, workers place it 24th by importance (#3 most important). About 31% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Perform administrative or clerical activities. in Performing Administrative Activities

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E1. Direct exposure — a language model could plausibly cut the time to do this task by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 1.00. Automation potential label: T3.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Embalm, dress, cosmeticize, and casket the deceased. · importance 4.7
• Prepare obituaries for newspapers. · importance 4.6
• Transport the deceased to the funeral home. · importance 4.5
• Obtain doctors' signatures on death certificate and complete other paperwork, such as insurance claims forms. · importance 4.5
• Greet people at the funeral home. · importance 4.5
• Assist with cremations and the processing and packaging of cremated remains. · importance 4.5
• Perform a variety of tasks during funerals to assist funeral directors and to ensure that services run smoothly and as planned. · importance 4.4
• Close caskets at appropriate point in services. · importance 4.4
• Attend to the needs of the bereaved, such as by offering comfort, counseling, or after-care programs. · importance 4.3
• Direct or escort mourners to parlors or chapels in which wakes or funerals are being held. · importance 4.3
• Place caskets in parlors or chapels prior to wakes or funerals. · importance 4.3
• Offer assistance to mourners as they enter or exit limousines. · importance 4.3
• Perform various administrative tasks, such as typing documents or answering telephone calls. · importance 4.2
• Clean funeral parlors or chapels. · importance 4.1

See all tasks on the Funeral Attendants page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-4516,
  title  = {Obtain burial permits and register deaths.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-4516}
}