Career Project

Paul DeRosa

• Tasks:• Provide testimony in court, observe crime

scene for evidence and clues as to what happened, obtain evidence from suspects, maintain progress of case and keep files on the suspects and cases.

• Knowledge:• Law and Government, psychology, public

security and safety, and telecommunications.

• Skills:• Complex problem solving, active listening,

critical thinking, social perceptiveness.

• Abilities:• Deductive reasoning, problem sensitivity, oral

expression, comprehension.

• Related occupations:• Police officer, Lawyer

• Tasks:• Provide public safety and

maintain order in society, record facts and investigate suspicious persons and situations, patrol certain areas and stop illegal activities, testify in court.

• Abilities:• Far vision, near vision, problem

sensitivity, oral expression.

• Knowledge:• Public safety and security, law

and government, psychology.

• Skills:• Critical thinking, monitoring,

coordination, persuasion.

• Tasks: RepResenT clienTs in couRT and befoRe legal agencies, pRosecuTe defendanTs, pRoTecT defendanTs and suppoRT evidence, aRgue in fRonT of juRy, sTudy consTiTuTion and laws.

• Skills: Active listening, speaking, reading comprehension, critical thinking.

• Knowledge: Law and Government, customer and personal service, clerical, computers and electronics, and personnel and human resources.

• Abilities: oral expression, oral comprehension, oral clarity, and skillful reasoning.

SUMMARY

• After researching these careers, I think I would like to pursue the career of a police detective. I would like to pursue this career because it seems very interesting because you investigate crime scenes and interrogate suspects and criminals.