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Coroners

Government and Public Administration

  • Average Salary

    RM2267 - RM 3120

  • Career Trends

  • Compability

What is Coroners?

Direct procedures 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.

Minimum education level

 

PT3

SPM

STPM

Diploma

Degree

Average Salary

RM2267 - RM 3120

Example of a Job Position

Chief Deputy Coroner
Coroner
Coroner/Medical Examiner
County Coroner
Deputy Coroner
District Medical Examiner
Elected County Coroner/Chief Medical Examiner
Forensic Pathologist
Medical Examiner
Medical Legal Investigator (MLI)

Task

? 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 ? Observe and record the positions and conditions of bodies and related evidence ? Observe, record, and preserve any objects or personal property related to deaths, including objects such as medication containers and suicide notes

Knowledge

Public Safety and Security

Knowledge of relevant tools, policies, procedures and strategies to support effective raid / patrol operations for local, provincial and national security, and protect people, data, property and institutions.

Administration and Management

Knowledge of business and management principles including strategic planning, resource allocation, human resource modeling, leadership techniques, production methods, and coordination between people and resources.

English

Knowledge of the structure and content of English, including the meaning and spelling of each word, composition rules, and grammar.

Law and Governance

Knowledge of laws, legal rules, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, institutional rules, and democratic political processes.

Medical Science and Dentistry

Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human wounds, diseases, and deformities. These include symptoms, alternative treatments, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health measures

Skills

Talking

Talk to others to convey information effectively

Critical Thinking

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to the problems handled

Reading Understanding

Understand sentences and paragraphs written in work documents.

Coordination

Adjust the actions taken, with the actions of others.

Capability

  • 1

    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).

  • 2

    Medicine and Dentistry - Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.

  • 3

    Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences

  • 4

    Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing

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