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O*NET detailed work activityHandle caskets
Stays humanHands-on work
4 jobs7 tasks
This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.
Part of Move materials, equipment, or supplies, under the O*NET work activity group Performing General Physical Activities. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 7 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Close caskets and lead funeral corteges to churches or burial sites.
- Assist with placing caskets in hearses and organize cemetery processions.
- Place caskets in parlors or chapels prior to wakes or funerals.
- Serve as pallbearers, attend visiting rooms, and provide other assistance to the bereaved.
- Close caskets at appropriate point in services.
- Act as pallbearers.
- Pick up and handle human or pet remains in a respectful manner.