Evidence technician vs ballistic technician

The differences between evidence technicians and ballistic technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both an evidence technician and a ballistic technician. Additionally, a ballistic technician has an average salary of $54,313, which is higher than the $44,213 average annual salary of an evidence technician.

The top three skills for an evidence technician include law enforcement agencies, criminal justice and data entry. The most important skills for a ballistic technician are ammunition, ATF, and .

Evidence technician vs ballistic technician overview

	Evidence Technician	Ballistic Technician
Yearly salary	$44,213	$54,313
Hourly rate	$21.26	$26.11
Growth rate	11%	11%
Number of jobs	5,316	5,513
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 54%	Associate Degree, 50%
Average age	38	38
Years of experience	4	4

Evidence technician vs ballistic technician salary

Evidence technicians and ballistic technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Evidence Technician	Ballistic Technician
Average salary	$44,213	$54,313
Salary range	Between $31,000 And $61,000	Between $28,000 And $104,000
Highest paying City	West Valley City, UT	-
Highest paying state	Alaska	-
Best paying company	Federal Bureau of Investigation	-
Best paying industry	Government	-

Differences between evidence technician and ballistic technician education

There are a few differences between an evidence technician and a ballistic technician in terms of educational background:

	Evidence Technician	Ballistic Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 54%	Associate Degree, 50%
Most common major	Criminal Justice	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	California State University - Long Beach

Evidence technician vs ballistic technician demographics

Here are the differences between evidence technicians' and ballistic technicians' demographics:

	Evidence Technician	Ballistic Technician
Average age	38	38
Gender ratio	Male, 47.0% Female, 53.0%	Male, 95.7% Female, 4.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.7% Unknown, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 17.2% Asian, 10.4% White, 56.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%	Black or African American, 6.8% Unknown, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 12.4% Asian, 11.4% White, 62.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between evidence technician and ballistic technician duties and responsibilities

Evidence technician example responsibilities.

Monitor the CCTV cameras, parking lot, and front entrance.
Use of LIMS to assign unique tracking case numbers to submit specimens.
Liaisoned and coordinate efforts with DIA, FBI, SAIC Intel, and military personnel.
Act as main liaison with the software development team for new LIMS features, as well as a mobile mass-disaster LIMS.
Increase customer satisfaction by validating a more sensitive extraction method which produce more informative results.
Perform liquid/liquid and liquid solid chemical extractions, following standard operating procedures.

Ballistic technician example responsibilities.

Assist in managing technical and regulatory site visits to the laboratory and interface with QA and RA on all vendor/regulatory audits.
Conduct ballistic tests for customers, domestic and foreign, seeking NIJ certification or research.
Evaluate current lab practices and independent initialization of startup procedures for new lab practices and lab organization for ISO accreditation.
Install blast sleeves, positive and negative EB switches w/ retaining nuts and top sub head assembly.
Check SID numbers in RAS system.

Evidence technician vs ballistic technician skills

Common evidence technician skills

Law Enforcement Agencies, 15%
Criminal Justice, 15%
Data Entry, 10%
Crime Lab, 8%
NCIC, 6%
Evidence Collection, 4%

Common ballistic technician skills

Ammunition, 58%
ATF, 42%

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