Coroners

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.

Education

• vocational school training
• on-the-job experience
• associate's degree
• Testing...

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

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

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