*CareerCast.com Identifies Creepiest Careers*
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CARLSBAD, CA, USA/AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS (Oct. 20, 2011) – At this time of year, many of us take great pains to avoid spiders and other creepy-crawly creatures. But for some, a career working with slithery creatures is exactly what the doctor ordered, according to CareerCast.com, which identifies the nation’s creepiest careers.
“Forensic Entomologist, who studies insects that invade a person’s dead body and decipher insect life cycles to determine the time and manner of death, is the creepiest career on our list,” says Tony Lee, publisher, CareerCast.com http://www.careercast.com/. “These little bugs can even offer clues as to when and if a body part was moved after death and the types of injuries that may have occurred.”
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Other creepy careers include Arachnologists, who study over 90,000 discovered species of arachnids, including spiders, scorpions, daddy longlegs, camel spiders, ticks and mites; Pest Control Specialists, who must be able to accurately assess and eliminate insect and rodent threats; and Reptologists, who are wildlife biologists specializing in the study of creatures with green scaly skin.****
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If you aren’t a herpetophobe, arachnophobe or just “creeped-out” by the mere mention of slithery critters, then maybe one of the following creepy-crawly careers is for you:
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1) *Forensic Entomologist* ****
*Average Salary* – $47,740****
*Job Description * – Forensic Entomologists use their knowledge of insects and the lifecycle of death to apply it to criminal matters. ****
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2) *Arachnologist *****
*Average Salary* – $61,660****
*Job Description * – Arachnologists are biologists who study spiders of all shapes, sizes and varieties.****
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3) *Pest Control Specialist* ****
*Average Salary* – $30,340****
*Job Description * – Pest Control Specialists remove creatures from households, apartment buildings, places of businesses and other structures to protect people and maintain structural integrity.****
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4) *Reptologist*****
*Average Salary* – $61,660****
*Job Description * – Reptologists are wildlife biologists who specialize in the study of reptiles. Some may work in zoos, while others work in museums of natural history or other venues.****
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5) *Road Kill Removal Specialist* ****
*Average Salary* – $30,000****
*Job Description * – Road Kill Removal Specialists help to extricate and remove dead animal carcasses from highways, roadways and other passageways to dispose of the remains and to prevent potential accidents. ****
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6) *Field Entomologist*****
*Average Salary* – $47,740****
*Job Description * – An entomologist studies insects and their lifecycles. From determining classification to observing behavior to determine population dynamics, entomologists play an important role in understanding the insect world.****
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To read the full report, visit www.CareerCast.com .****
** ** About CareerCast.com ****
CareerCast.com http://www.careercast.com/, created by Adicio, is a job search portal that offers extensive local, niche and national job listings from across North America, job-hunting, career-management and HR-focused editorial content, videos and blogs, and provides recruiters with the ability to post jobs directly to more than 800 niche career sites. CareerCast.com http://www.careercast.com/ also compiles the Jobs Rated Report (http://www.jobsrated.com), where 200 jobs across North America are ranked based on detailed analysis of specific careers factors.
