- Industry: Government; Labor
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- Company Profile:
A professional who directs investigation of deaths occurring within jurisdiction as required by law. Responsibilities include:
* Directs activities of staff physicians, technicians, and investigators involved with conducting inquests, performing autopsies, conducting pathological and toxicological analyses, and investigating circumstances of deaths in order to determine cause and fix responsibility for accidental, violent, or unexplained deaths, or contracts for such services with outside physicians, medical laboratories, and law enforcement agencies.
* Testifies at inquests, hearings, and court trials.
* Confers with officials of public health and law enforcement agencies to coordinate interdepartmental activities.
* Coordinates activities for disposition of unclaimed corpse and personal effects of deceased.
* Directs activities of workers involved in preparing documents for permanent records.
* May assist relatives of deceased in negotiations concerning payment of insurance policies or burial benefits by providing information concerning circumstances of death.
* May be required by law or ordinance to have specified medical or legal training.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs investigation of deaths occurring within jurisdiction as required by law. Responsibilities include:
* Directs activities of staff physicians, technicians, and investigators involved with conducting inquests, performing autopsies, conducting pathological and toxicological analyses, and investigating circumstances of deaths in order to determine cause and fix responsibility for accidental, violent, or unexplained deaths, or contracts for such services with outside physicians, medical laboratories, and law enforcement agencies.
* Testifies at inquests, hearings, and court trials.
* Confers with officials of public health and law enforcement agencies to coordinate interdepartmental activities.
* Coordinates activities for disposition of unclaimed corpse and personal effects of deceased.
* Directs activities of workers involved in preparing documents for permanent records.
* May assist relatives of deceased in negotiations concerning payment of insurance policies or burial benefits by providing information concerning circumstances of death.
* May be required by law or ordinance to have specified medical or legal training.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plans and directs safety and health activities in industrial plant to evaluate and control environmental hazards. Responsibilities include:
* Tests noise levels and measures air quality, using precision instruments.
* Maintains and calibrates instruments.
* Administers hearing tests to employees.
* Trains forklift operators to qualify for licensing.
* Enforces use of safety equipment.
* Lectures employees to obtain compliance with regulations.
* Develops and monitors emergency action plans.
* Investigates accidents and prepares accident reports.
* Assists management to prepare safety and health budget.
* Recommends changes in policies and procedures to prevent accidents and illness.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who conducts surveillance, inspection, and patrol by foot, vehicle, boat, or aircraft at assigned points of entry into the United States to prohibit smuggled merchandise and contraband and to detect violations of Customs and related laws. Responsibilities include:
* Inspects vessels, aircraft, and vehicles at docking, landing, crossing, and entry points.
* Establishes working rapport with local residents, law enforcement agencies, and businesses.
* Observes activity and regularity of vessels, planes, cargo, and storage arrangements in assigned area.
* Gathers and evaluates information from informers and other sources.
* Locates and apprehends customs violators.
* Assists in developing and testing new enforcement techniques and equipment.
* Develops intelligence information and forwards data for use by U.S.
* Customs Service.
* Testifies in courts of law against customs violators.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who organizes and implements federally funded programs related to equal employment opportunity by providing consultation, encouraging good will between employers and minority communities, and evaluating employment practices. Responsibilities include:
* Consults with community representatives to develop technical assistance agreements in accordance with statutory regulations.
* Informs minority community on civil rights laws.
* Assists employers to interpret state and federal laws.
* Develops guidelines for nondiscriminatory employment practices for use by employers.
* Acts as liaison representative between minority placement agencies and large employers.
* Investigates existing employment practices to detect and correct discriminatory factors.
* Conducts surveys and evaluates findings to determine existence of systematic discrimination.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who investigates reported cases of communicable diseases and advises exposed persons to obtain medical treatment and to prevent further spread of disease. Responsibilities include:
* Locates and interviews exposed person, using information obtained from records of state or local public health departments and from individual already under treatment for communicable disease.
* Advises person to obtain treatment from private physician or public health clinic.
* May take blood sample to assist in identifying presence of disease in suspected victim.
* Questions exposed person to obtain information concerning other persons who may have received exposure.
* Conducts follow-up interviews with patients and suspected carriers.
* Writes report of activities and findings.
* Visits physicians, laboratories, and community health facilities to stimulate reporting of cases and to provide information about government-sponsored health programs concerning immunization efforts, vd control, mosquito abatement, and rodent control.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who investigates reported cases of communicable diseases and advises exposed persons to obtain medical treatment and to prevent further spread of disease. Responsibilities include:
* Locates and interviews exposed person, using information obtained from records of state or local public health departments and from individual already under treatment for communicable disease.
* Advises person to obtain treatment from private physician or public health clinic.
* May take blood sample to assist in identifying presence of disease in suspected victim.
* Questions exposed person to obtain information concerning other persons who may have received exposure.
* Conducts follow-up interviews with patients and suspected carriers.
* Writes report of activities and findings.
* Visits physicians, laboratories, and community health facilities to stimulate reporting of cases and to provide information about government-sponsored health programs concerning immunization efforts, vd control, mosquito abatement, and rodent control.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who regulates entry of persons into United States at designated port of entry in accordance with immigration laws. Responsibilities include:
* Examines applications, visas, and passports and interviews persons to determine eligibility for admission, residence, and travel privileges in United States.
* Interprets laws and explains decisions to persons seeking entry.
* Arrests, detains, paroles, or arranges for deportation of persons according to laws, regulations, and departmental orders.
* Writes reports of activities and decisions.
* May patrol border on foot or horseback, or by airplane, automobile, or boat to detect and apprehend persons entering United States illegally and be designated Immigration Patrol Inspector.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects boilers, pressure vessels, and accessories for conformance to safety laws and standards regulating their design, fabrication, installation, repair, and operation. Responsibilities include:
* Inspects steam boilers, air tanks, liquefied gas tanks, and other pressure vessels under construction or already installed in ships or in residential, commercial, or industrial buildings to verify conformance to safety codes and standards issued by governmental agency, recognized professional technical organization, or insurance underwriting company.
* Inspects drawings, designs, and specifications for boilers and other vessels.
* Inspects materials used, safety devices, regulators, construction quality, brace and rivet tension, riveting, welding, pitting, corrosion, cracking, safety valve operation, and other factors affecting condition and operation of equipment.
* Performs standard tests such as hammer, accumulation, and hydrostatic tests to verify condition of boilers and other vessels.
* Calculates allowable limits of pressure, strength, and stresses.
* Witnesses acceptance and installation tests.
* Recommends changes to correct unsafe conditions.
* Orders correction of faulty work or materials or other conditions which violate legal requirements.
* Checks permits and methods of operation for boiler and other pressure vessel installations.
* Confers with engineers, manufacturers, contractors, owners, and operators concerning problems in construction, operation, and repair of pressure vessels and accessories.
* Investigates accidents involving pressure vessels to determine causes and to develop methods of preventing recurrences.
* Keeps records and prepares reports of inspections and investigations for administrative or legal authorities.
* May be required to possess Federal, State, or local license.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects boilers, pressure vessels, and accessories for conformance to safety laws and standards regulating their design, fabrication, installation, repair, and operation. Responsibilities include:
* Inspects steam boilers, air tanks, liquefied gas tanks, and other pressure vessels under construction or already installed in ships or in residential, commercial, or industrial buildings to verify conformance to safety codes and standards issued by governmental agency, recognized professional technical organization, or insurance underwriting company.
* Inspects drawings, designs, and specifications for boilers and other vessels.
* Inspects materials used, safety devices, regulators, construction quality, brace and rivet tension, riveting, welding, pitting, corrosion, cracking, safety valve operation, and other factors affecting condition and operation of equipment.
* Performs standard tests such as hammer, accumulation, and hydrostatic tests to verify condition of boilers and other vessels.
* Calculates allowable limits of pressure, strength, and stresses.
* Witnesses acceptance and installation tests.
* Recommends changes to correct unsafe conditions.
* Orders correction of faulty work or materials or other conditions which violate legal requirements.
* Checks permits and methods of operation for boiler and other pressure vessel installations.
* Confers with engineers, manufacturers, contractors, owners, and operators concerning problems in construction, operation, and repair of pressure vessels and accessories.
* Investigates accidents involving pressure vessels to determine causes and to develop methods of preventing recurrences.
* Keeps records and prepares reports of inspections and investigations for administrative or legal authorities.
* May be required to possess Federal, State, or local license.
Industry:Professional careers
