# Competences — coroner

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c6c48286-2037-47e3-a132-b745dce858e2).

## Essential

- **carry out an autopsy** (skill/competence)
- **compile legal documents** (skill/competence)
- **comply with legal regulations** (skill/competence)
- **determine cause of death** (skill/competence)
- **document evidence** (skill/competence)
- **human anatomy** (knowledge)
- **maintain work area cleanliness** (skill/competence)
- **perform forensic examinations** (skill/competence)
- **provide testimony in court hearings** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- advise on legal decisions (skill/competence)
- analyse legal evidence (skill/competence)
- apply scientific methods (skill/competence)
- assist police investigations (skill/competence)
- conduct health related research (skill/competence)
- court procedures (knowledge)
- crime scene preservation (knowledge)
- diagnostic methods in medical laboratory (knowledge)
- evidence-based approach in general practice (knowledge)
- examine crime scenes (skill/competence)
- follow clinical guidelines (skill/competence)
- investigation research methods (knowledge)
- keep up to date with diagnostic innovations (skill/competence)
- maintain operational communications (skill/competence)
- pathology (knowledge)
- perform toxicological studies (skill/competence)
- write work-related reports (skill/competence)
