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Job Description

Collect, identify, classify, and analyze physical evidence related to criminal investigations. Perform tests on weapons or substances, such as fiber, hair, and tissue to determine significance to investigation. May testify as expert witnesses on evidence or crime laboratory techniques. May serve as specialists in area of expertise, such as ballistics, fingerprinting, handwriting, or biochemistry.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-4092.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 60,690.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 29.00
Currently, there are 14,800 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Forensic Science Technicians”.

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Tasks for “Ballistic Expert”

Operate and maintain laboratory equipment and apparatus.
Examine firearms to determine mechanical condition and legal status, performing restoration work on damaged firearms to obtain information such as serial numbers.
Visit morgues, examine scenes of crimes, or contact other sources to obtain evidence or information to be used in investigations.
Keep records and prepare reports detailing findings, investigative methods, and laboratory techniques.
Interpret laboratory findings or test results to identify and classify substances, materials, or other evidence collected at crime scenes.
Testify in court about investigative or analytical methods or findings.
Examine physical evidence, such as hair, fiber, wood, or soil residues to obtain information about its source and composition.
Use chemicals or other substances to examine latent fingerprint evidence and compare developed prints to those of known persons in databases.
Confer with ballistics, fingerprinting, handwriting, documents, electronics, medical, chemical, or metallurgical experts concerning evidence and its interpretation.
Reconstruct crime scenes to determine relationships among pieces of evidence.
Review forensic analysts' reports for technical merit.
Identify and quantify drugs or poisons found in biological fluids or tissues, in foods, or at crime scenes.
Prepare solutions, reagents, or sample formulations needed for laboratory work.
Determine types of bullets and specific weapons used in shootings.
Examine and analyze blood stain patterns at crime scenes.
Use photographic or video equipment to document evidence or crime scenes.
Compare objects, such as tools, with impression marks to determine whether a specific object is responsible for a specific mark.
Collect evidence from crime scenes, storing it in conditions that preserve its integrity.
Analyze gunshot residue and bullet paths to determine how shootings occurred.
Train new technicians or other personnel on forensic science techniques.
Collect impressions of dust from surfaces to obtain and identify fingerprints.

Related Technology & Tools

Handheld evidence collection computers
Fingerprint brushes
Optical compound microscopes
Cyanoacrylate fuming chambers
Footwear protectors
Sexual assault evidence collection kits
Body fluid collection kits
Glassware washers
UV forensic goggles
Portable two way radios
Plastic evidence tweezers
Drug testing kits
Microscope slides
Utility knives
Handheld digital thermometers
Laboratory benchtop centrifuges
Impression casting kits
Hand held magnifiers
Photo markers
Mobile data computers
Insect swoop nets
Plastic specimen jars
Laser trajectory kits
Crime scene tape measures
Metal detectors
Fuming hot plates
Distance measuring wheels
Breathalyzers
Police vans
Glass specimen jars
Steel measuring tape
Sifting screens
35 millimeter cameras
Electronic measuring devices
Digital cameras
Postmortem print spoons
Stainless steel scissors
Electronic precision balances
Portable generators
Steam sterilizers
Inspection mirrors
Insect collection containers
Safety glasses
Blood collection kits
Large format cameras
Benchtop mixers
Long-wave ultraviolet UV lamps
Ultraviolet UV lights
Medical hemostats
Spades
Protective latex gloves
Digital video cameras
Rounded scalpels
Gel lifters
Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA collection kits
Desktop computers
Evidence scissors
Ultraviolet UV camera lens filters
Personal computers
Pointed scalpels
Infrared light sources
Shovels
Reciprocating saws
Stainless steel tweezers
Biohazard suits
Photographic scales
Gunshot residue kits
Electrostatic dust print lifters
Fingerprint recognition systems
Fingerprint evidence kits
Colored camera filters
Evidence collection containers
Thermocyclers
Stainless steel spatulas
Laptop computers
Spectrophotometers
Self-contained breathing apparatus
Protractors
Protective masks
Navigational compasses
Portable lasers
Crime scene evidence flags

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