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Coroners

Also called: Coroner, County Coroner, Deputy Coroner, Medical Examiner

What they do:

Direct activities such as autopsies, pathological and toxicological analyses, and inquests relating to the investigation of deaths occurring within a legal jurisdiction to determine cause of death or to fix responsibility for accidental, violent, or unexplained deaths.

On the job, you would:
  • Perform medicolegal examinations and autopsies, conducting preliminary examinations of the body to identify victims, locate signs of trauma, and identify factors that would indicate time of death.
  • Inquire into the cause, manner, and circumstances of human deaths and establish the identities of deceased persons.
  • Complete death certificates, including the assignment of cause and manner of death.
On the job, you'll need:

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Health

  • medicine and dentistry

Business

  • customer service
  • management

Safety and Government

  • law and government

Basic Skills

  • reading work related information
  • talking to others

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Social

  • understanding people's reactions
  • changing what is done based on other people's actions

Verbal

  • communicate by speaking
  • communicate by writing

Ideas and Logic

  • make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
  • use rules to solve problems

Visual Understanding

  • see hidden patterns
  • quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things

Hand and Finger Use

  • hold or move items with your hands

Investigative

People interested in this work like activities that include ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.

  • Integrity
  • Attention to Detail
  • Dependability
  • Self Control
  • Cooperation
  • Stress Tolerance

Data base user interface and query software

  • Structured query language SQL
  • Transact-SQL

Video conferencing software

  • Zoom

Graphics or photo imaging software

  • Graphics software
  • Mideo Systems EZDoc Plus

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Job Outlook

The job outlook for this position is Bright.

New job opportunities are very likely in the future. This career will grow rapidly in the next few years.

Median Annual Salary: $71,690