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Coroner

Coroner

  • Solve mysteries of life and death through scientific investigation and analysis.
  • Provide crucial insights into unexplained deaths, impacting justice and closure.
  • Uncover hidden stories of the deceased, piecing together their final moments.
💰 Earn $64K-$114K
📚 Associate Degree

Overview

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.

Scoop

Minimum Education

Associate Degree

Career Prospects

Excellent (Increasing by 5% or more)

Training Time

1 to 2 years

Median Earnings

$84,990 in California
$75,670 Nationally

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Day-to-Day

  • 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.
  • Collect and document any pertinent medical history information.
  • Arrange for the next of kin to be notified of deaths.

Best For You If...

YOU Like 💕

  • Thinking and problem solving
  • Using data or completing tasks
  • Working with my hands

You are skilled in 💫

  • Active Listening
  • Critical Thinking
  • Mathematics
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Speaking

You value 🙏

  • Accomplishing things
  • Having support
  • Having freedom

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