Unexpected Careers

• Chris The Grad
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• November 4, 2023

By: Chris The Graduate 

Since the late 1800s, jobs, and careers have spread to all parts of life in the United States. Starting back when you could make money digging for gold, now a career such as Computer Technician and Pharmaceutical Technician exists worldwide. In 2023, anything you can imagine is a career. Even though some are not put into the light, many are still significant to society. Today, we are going to list and analyze these underappreciated jobs and also discover how they came to be in the society we live in now. 

Crime Scene Cleaner

A career with an average salary of 35,860 a year, and is made for people that have an interest in Forensics and enjoy cleaning up. The career tackles cleaning up crime scenes and making sure the area looks cleaner than what happened before. Working with various hazardous fluids, this job requires PPE equipment and respiratory protection to keep you safe from harming yourself or anyone else. Being a Crime Scene Cleaner, hours tend to not be in your favor and are completely randomized depending on when cleaning is needed. From aftermath.com, professionals have said that “More than anything, a crime scene cleaner should have a strong commitment to the job and the families they serve. This includes exhibiting compassion and integrity while adhering to all health and safety regulations to protect everyone involved in the process. While challenging, crime scene cleaning can be incredibly rewarding work for the right person.” 

Requirements:

• Bloodborne pathogen training 
• Personal protective equipment (PPE) training
• Respiratory protection training
• Hazardous communication training
• Medical waste handling and transporting training
• Heat-illness awareness training

Scatology

Scatology is the study of an element that every human and almost every animal produces in their lifetime, wastes from the body specifically feces. Scatology, or coprology, is a career based on experimenting and finding differences in types of feces from different animals. This is a benefit to society to improve medicines and cures for diseases that could hurt mankind. Major problems such as tapeworms and dysentery are all because of the career pathway. To many, having a career where you look at feces for hours might but unamusing. But for a career that has a salary from 65,000 up to 100,000s, studying excrement might not be too bad.

Requirements:

  Becoming a Scatologist is equivalent to becoming any other science major. A degree in biology and or medicine is recommended for coming into this career pathway. The people at collegecliffs.com confirm saying, “What scientists see in animal feces can reveal their diet and can tell where these animals have been. To become a cytologist, a degree in biology, medicine, or paleontology is your stepping stone towards becoming one.”

Doula Maternity Caregiver

This profession deals with caring for relationships between parents and newborn babies. As many know,  being a parent is not an easy job. But making around 35,000 a year, Maternity Caregivers help make parenting easier for both moms and dads so that they do not pull their hair out over the new addition to the family. The website pacisandpeachesdoulas.com is designed to explain the overview of a Maternity Caregiver consultation. “Your Doula or NCS’s main priority is caring for your new addition(s) and ensuring that both mother and baby are healthy and their needs are met. All of our doulas are trained, have a clean background check, hold current Infant CPR & 1st Aid through the (American Heart Association) and are also insured.” 

Requirements: 

In the Doula Maternity Caregiver world, many schooling hours and certifications are needed to pursue this career. They must attend classes such as Childbirth Education for 12 and Breastfeeding classes. On top of this, People seeking this career must assist 2 or more women in postpartum support which is depression after having a child. 

Careers can spawn from anything that can be thought of and needs to be focused on. From Scientists studying animal waste to professionals who help decrease the stresses of having a newborn. In all, The world has an open sea of careers waiting to be filled. As mankind continues to expand, so will the demand for careers handling ideas that we possibly can not wrap our brains around. 

Sources:https://www.aftermath.com/content/becoming-a-crime-scene-cleaner-what-are-the-qualifications/ 

https://www.pacisandpeachesdoulas.com/newborns

https://www.naturalhealers.com/blog/doula/#:~:text=Typically%2C%20a%20birth%20doula%20needs,more%20women%20with%20postpartum%20support.