Forensic Science Technicians
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.
Also called: Crime Laboratory Analyst, Crime Scene Technician (Crime Scene Tech), CSI (Crime Scene Investigator), Forensic Scientist
Knowledge:
- law and government
- public safety and security
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
Skills:
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- reading work related information
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Abilites:
- listen and understand what people say
- read and understand what is written
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- use rules to solve problems
- see hidden patterns
- quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things
- keep your arm or hand steady
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.
They do well at jobs that need
- Attention to Detail
- Integrity
- Self Control
- Analytical Thinking
- Stress Tolerance
- Adaptability/Flexibility
Technology:
Graphics or photo imaging software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Microsoft Visio
Data base user interface and query software
- Automated Biometric Identification System ABIS
- Microsoft Access
Computer aided design CAD software
- Computer aided design and drafting CADD software
