Forensic specialist vs ballistic technician

Differences between forensic specialist and ballistic technician duties and responsibilities

Forensic specialist example responsibilities.

• Manage use and maintenance of company vehicle, surveying equip., cameras, and firearms.
• Provide individualize intervention for problematic behaviors using TCI techniques such as de-escalation, to prevent and/or manage crisis.
• Secure and track any DNA evidence submit for testing.
• Examine evidence for the presence of biological material and collect potential DNA samples.
• Provide individualize intervention for problematic behaviors using TCI techniques such as de-escalation, to prevent and/or manage crisis.
• Assess for risk of suicide, homicide, psychosis and other safety concerns.
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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.