SIX-FIGURE JOB: Crime scene cleaner

[jswordy]

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) – It's not just the blood. It's not just the gore. It's not just the stomach-turning stench.

It's also the anthrax, the hazardous bodily fluids and the combustible chemicals used to make illegal drugs that make the job of crime-scene cleaner so challenging.

That may be why many folks who go into the field have had careers in public health and safety. They've seen it all, and they know how to protect themselves.

Ron Gospodarski, who is president of Bio-Recovery Corp. in New York City, used to be a paramedic. Juan Osteguin, a co-owner of Crime Scene Cleaners in San Antonio, is an emergency-room nurse.

It's not as if advanced degrees are required. In fact, Gospodarski said, a large number of his employees don't even have college diplomas.

What they do have is a strong stomach and a willingness to do some pretty thankless work.


http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/28/pf/sixfigs_eleven/index.htm

[Blue-Jay]

1. Dave Attell rode with a crime scene cleaner on Insomniac

It was enlightening and somewhat disturbing. Obviously somebody has to do it, but this guy seemed so detached and humorous about his job that it was plain creepy. I suppose it was either a defense mechanism or a display of sociopathic traits.