Can anyone give me advice?
So, I need some advice. I’d really like to work as an autopsy technician. The thing is, I already have partial experience in the field.
From my understanding and from what I’ve read so far, the place where I used to work separated the Intake & Discharge section from the actual autopsy section into different positions. I worked in Intake & Discharge, where we handled everything from receiving bodies, documenting and photographing them, fingerprinting, to completing data entry and all physical case documentation all the way up to discharging the bodies to funeral home workers.
I’m pretty sure the reason the jobs were divided was because of the number of cases we received daily — usually around 20–30 on a normal day, and sometimes 40+ on especially heavy days. A “good” day was anything under 20 cases.
I had to leave the job because of health-related issues, but those are no longer a problem. I’d like to move to the U.S. and continue working in this field, but I only have a high school diploma, and I’m not sure whether the experience I already have is enough to qualify me for similar positions. For context, I have around 4.5 to 5 years of experience from my previous job.
If anyone has any insight or advice, I’d really appreciate it, my goal is to eventually work myself to be a full on pathologist assistant.