Crime Scene Cleaner
Just when you thought you cleaned it all, there is another thing to clean up. The police investigators do their job as to gathering evidence at the scene of a crime or murder. The coroner gathers the initial evidence as the scene before the evidence is removed. But did you ever wonder who cleaned up after all these people and scenes to make it look "normal" somewhat?
There are not a lot of people who jump at the opportunity to clean up and be a crime scene cleaner. After the media and the police have moved on, crime scene cleaners come in to do the dirty work. This job is not for the faint hearted and anyone who is prone to getting queasy or emotional. Most of these workers even develop stress disorders from this form of work. Not only do they have to make sure that clean up after a scene or murder, they have to worry about not getting an infectious disease from the body fluids or hazardous materials. So they all must comply with wearing the proper protection gear.
Depending on how bad the mess is, the cleanup could take a few hours to a few days. But you won't hear these crime scene cleaners complaining too much -- they charge by the hour. With a little experience under your belt and flexibility with your work hours, you can easily make approximately $75,000 a year. Although you don't need a college degree to get a crime scene cleaning job, it definitely can boost your salary into six figures.
"It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it." So, when you hear about a murder or crime scene, stop to think a minute, there are a lot of things involved with cleaning up the scene to make it seem as if it never happened to the naked eye.
I always enjoy your posts. I've learned about a number of jobs I don't want to do anytime soon! Being a crime scene cleaner is one of those right at the top of my list of "don't want to dos". Can't say that the salary is poor, though. Do you know what type of health care benefits they have since they can be exposed to infectious diseases? I realize they're supposed to wear protective gear as you stated, but I was just wondering about the health care costs.
ReplyDeleteEWWWW! That is not a job I want to have, but I am glad that there are brave souls out there willing to do it. I do not begrudge them the pay either. The shear gruesome nature of the work and the emotional stress that comes with it warrant a pay rate at least that high. I just hope that there are services available to these individuals to help them cope with the stress that this type of job surely has.
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