diff --git a/modules/loader-utils/src/lib/worker-loader-utils/create-loader-worker.ts b/modules/loader-utils/src/lib/worker-loader-utils/create-loader-worker.ts
index 5d13ad951e..59b891b48a 100644
--- a/modules/loader-utils/src/lib/worker-loader-utils/create-loader-worker.ts
+++ b/modules/loader-utils/src/lib/worker-loader-utils/create-loader-worker.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-restricted-globals */
-
+import {createWorker} from '@loaders.gl/worker-utils'
 import {WorkerBody} from '@loaders.gl/worker-utils';
 // import {validateLoaderVersion} from './validate-loader-version';
 
@@ -10,79 +10,33 @@ let requestId = 0;
  * @param loader
  */
 export function createLoaderWorker(loader: any) {
-  // Check that we are actually in a worker thread
-  if (typeof self === 'undefined') {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  WorkerBody.onmessage = async (type, payload) => {
-    switch (type) {
-      case 'process':
-        try {
-          // validateLoaderVersion(loader, data.source.split('@')[1]);
-
-          const {input, options = {}} = payload;
-
-          const result = await parseData({
-            loader,
-            arrayBuffer: input,
-            options,
-            context: {
-              parse: parseOnMainThread
-            }
-          });
-          WorkerBody.postMessage('done', {result});
-        } catch (error) {
-          const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : '';
-          WorkerBody.postMessage('error', {error: message});
-        }
-        break;
-      default:
-    }
-  };
-}
-
-function parseOnMainThread(arrayBuffer, options = {}) {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    const id = requestId++;
-
-    /**
-     */
-    const onMessage = (type, payload) => {
-      if (payload.id !== id) {
-        // not ours
-        return;
+  createWorker(parseOnWorker)
+  async function parseOnWorker(input: any, options: {[key: string]: any}, processOnMainThread): Promise<any> {
+    // validateLoaderVersion(loader, data.source.split('@')[1]);
+
+    const result = await parseData({
+      loader,
+      arrayBuffer: input,
+      options,
+      context: {
+        parse: processOnMainThread
       }
+    });
 
-      switch (type) {
-        case 'done':
-          WorkerBody.removeEventListener(onMessage);
-          resolve(payload.result);
-          break;
-
-        case 'error':
-          WorkerBody.removeEventListener(onMessage);
-          reject(payload.error);
-          break;
-
-        default:
-        // ignore
-      }
-    };
-
-    WorkerBody.addEventListener(onMessage);
-
-    // Ask the main thread to decode data
-    const payload = {id, input: arrayBuffer, options};
-    WorkerBody.postMessage('process', payload);
-  });
+    return result;
+  }
 }
 
 // TODO - Support byteOffset and byteLength (enabling parsing of embedded binaries without copies)
 // TODO - Why not support async loader.parse* funcs here?
 // TODO - Why not reuse a common function instead of reimplementing loader.parse* selection logic? Keeping loader small?
 // TODO - Lack of appropriate parser functions can be detected when we create worker, no need to wait until parse
-async function parseData({loader, arrayBuffer, options, context}) {
+async function parseData({
+  loader,
+  arrayBuffer,
+  options,
+  context
+}) {
   let data;
   let parser;
   if (loader.parseSync || loader.parse) {
diff --git a/modules/loader-utils/src/lib/worker-loader-utils/parse-with-worker.ts b/modules/loader-utils/src/lib/worker-loader-utils/parse-with-worker.ts
index 27ce29f297..20c33a3b18 100644
--- a/modules/loader-utils/src/lib/worker-loader-utils/parse-with-worker.ts
+++ b/modules/loader-utils/src/lib/worker-loader-utils/parse-with-worker.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type {WorkerJob, WorkerMessageType, WorkerMessagePayload} from '@loaders.gl/worker-utils';
 import type {Loader, LoaderOptions, LoaderContext} from '../../types';
-import {WorkerFarm, getWorkerURL} from '@loaders.gl/worker-utils';
+import {canProcessOnWorker, processOnWorker} from '@loaders.gl/worker-utils';
+import parseToNodeImage from '@loaders.gl/images/lib/parsers/parse-to-node-image';
 
 /**
  * Determines if a loader can parse with worker
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ import {WorkerFarm, getWorkerURL} from '@loaders.gl/worker-utils';
  * @param options
  */
 export function canParseWithWorker(loader: Loader, options?: LoaderOptions) {
-  if (!WorkerFarm.isSupported()) {
+  if (canProcessOnWorker(loader, options)) {
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -23,69 +24,7 @@ export async function parseWithWorker(
   loader: Loader,
   data,
   options?: LoaderOptions,
-  context?: LoaderContext,
-  parseOnMainThread?: Function
+  context?: LoaderContext
 ) {
-  const name = loader.id; // TODO
-  const url = getWorkerURL(loader, options);
-
-  const workerFarm = WorkerFarm.getWorkerFarm(options);
-  const workerPool = workerFarm.getWorkerPool({name, url});
-
-  // options.log object contains functions which cannot be transferred
-  // TODO - decide how to handle logging on workers
-  options = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(options));
-
-  const job = await workerPool.startJob(
-    'process-on-worker',
-    onMessage.bind(null, parseOnMainThread)
-  );
-
-  job.postMessage('process', {
-    // @ts-ignore
-    input: data,
-    options
-  });
-
-  const result = await job.result;
-  return await result.result;
-}
-
-/**
- * Handle worker's responses to the main thread
- * @param job
- * @param type
- * @param payload
- */
-async function onMessage(
-  parseOnMainThread,
-  job: WorkerJob,
-  type: WorkerMessageType,
-  payload: WorkerMessagePayload
-) {
-  switch (type) {
-    case 'done':
-      job.done(payload);
-      break;
-
-    case 'error':
-      job.error(payload.error);
-      break;
-
-    case 'process':
-      // Worker is asking for main thread to parseO
-      const {id, input, options} = payload;
-      try {
-        const result = await parseOnMainThread(input, options);
-        job.postMessage('done', {id, result});
-      } catch (error) {
-        const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'unknown error';
-        job.postMessage('error', {id, error: message});
-      }
-      break;
-
-    default:
-      // eslint-disable-next-line
-      console.warn(`parse-with-worker unknown message ${type}`);
-  }
+  processOnWorker(loader, data, options, parseOnMainThread);
 }