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Job Outlook:
None
Education: Bachelor's degree
Salary
High: $118,060.00
Average: $76,980.00
Hourly
Average: $37.01

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.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

100% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
96% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
96% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
93% Self-Control  -  Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
91% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
91% Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
89% Concern for Others  -  Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
83% Analytical Thinking  -  Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
83% Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
83% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
81% Persistence  -  Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
79% Independence  -  Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
73% Social Orientation  -  Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
71% Leadership  -  Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
70% Achievement/Effort  -  Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
58% Innovation  -  Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Strengths

95% Investigative  -  Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the fields of humanities, mathematics/statistics, information technology, or health care service.
67% Realistic  -  Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
67% Conventional  -  Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Values of the Work Environment

72% Independence  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
67% Achievement  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
61% Support  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
56% Working Conditions  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.

Aptitude

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

75% Oral Comprehension  -  The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
75% Near Vision  -  The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
75% Oral Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
75% Written Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
75% Written Comprehension  -  The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
75% Deductive Reasoning  -  The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
75% Inductive Reasoning  -  The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
72% Information Ordering  -  The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
72% Problem Sensitivity  -  The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
66% Speech Recognition  -  The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
63% Flexibility of Closure  -  The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
60% Speech Clarity  -  The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
56% Category Flexibility  -  The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
53% Speed of Closure  -  The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.
53% Perceptual Speed  -  The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Skills | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

61% Reading Comprehension  -  Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
59% Writing  -  Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
59% Speaking  -  Talking to others to convey information effectively.
59% Active Listening  -  Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
59% Critical Thinking  -  Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
57% Social Perceptiveness  -  Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
54% Judgment and Decision Making  -  Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
54% Science  -  Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
54% Active Learning  -  Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Job Details

Responsibilities
Supervise employees.
Collect evidence for legal proceedings.
Collect evidence for legal proceedings.
Prepare legal or investigatory documentation.
Collect evidence for legal proceedings.
Prepare legal or investigatory documentation.
Collect evidence for legal proceedings.
Prepare legal or investigatory documentation.
Collect evidence for legal proceedings.
Prepare legal or investigatory documentation.
Prepare legal or investigatory documentation.
Coordinate logistics or other business operations.
Interview witnesses, suspects, or claimants.
Testify at legal or legislative proceedings.
Inform individuals or organizations of status or findings.
Document information related to legal proceedings.
Coordinate enforcement of laws or regulations.
Document information related to legal proceedings.
Coordinate operational activities.
Inform individuals or organizations of status or findings.
Document information related to legal proceedings.
Collect evidence for legal proceedings.
Document information related to legal proceedings.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

98% Electronic Mail  -  How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
96% Telephone  -  How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
94% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
89% Deal With External Customers  -  How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
89% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
88% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
85% In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment  -  How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)?
85% Indoors, Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
85% Contact With Others  -  How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
80% Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
76% Physical Proximity  -  To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
74% Structured versus Unstructured Work  -  To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
74% Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets  -  How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets?
73% Letters and Memos  -  How often does the job require written letters and memos?
71% Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results  -  What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
71% Frequency of Decision Making  -  How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
70% Time Pressure  -  How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
69% Exposed to Disease or Infections  -  How often does this job require exposure to disease/infections?
68% Coordinate or Lead Others  -  How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
66% Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)?
66% Outdoors, Exposed to Weather  -  How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions?
64% Responsible for Others' Health and Safety  -  How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?
63% Exposed to Contaminants  -  How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
60% Consequence of Error  -  How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable?
60% Importance of Repeating Same Tasks  -  How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job?
57% Responsibility for Outcomes and Results  -  How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers?
54% Spend Time Sitting  -  How much does this job require sitting?
53% Very Hot or Cold Temperatures  -  How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures?
51% Frequency of Conflict Situations  -  How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job?
84% Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Tasks & Values

90% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
86% Documenting/Recording Information  -  Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
81% Communicating with People Outside the Organization  -  Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
79% Making Decisions and Solving Problems  -  Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
79% Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates  -  Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
79% Performing for or Working Directly with the Public  -  Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
78% Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge  -  Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
77% Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships  -  Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
76% Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events  -  Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
74% Training and Teaching Others  -  Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
73% Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others  -  Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
71% Assisting and Caring for Others  -  Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
70% Working with Computers  -  Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
68% Performing Administrative Activities  -  Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
67% Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards  -  Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
65% Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates  -  Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
63% Analyzing Data or Information  -  Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
63% Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work  -  Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
62% Processing Information  -  Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
60% Performing General Physical Activities  -  Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
60% Handling and Moving Objects  -  Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
60% Providing Consultation and Advice to Others  -  Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
59% Coaching and Developing Others  -  Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
59% Scheduling Work and Activities  -  Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
59% Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others  -  Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
56% Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others  -  Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
55% Developing and Building Teams  -  Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
55% Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment  -  Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.
55% Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings  -  Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
54% Staffing Organizational Units  -  Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and promoting employees in an organization.
53% Developing Objectives and Strategies  -  Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
51% Thinking Creatively  -  Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.

Getting Started

Education:
22%
Bachelor's Degree
17%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)

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