AMY SMITH
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Objective: Seek the Position of Forensic Science Technician
SUMMARY: Profoundly knowledgeable and resourceful Forensic Science Technician with more than six years experience in collecting, identifying, classifying, and analyzing physical evidence related to criminal investigations; performing tests on weapons and substances, such as fiber, hair, and tissue to determine significance to investigation; testifying as expert witness on evidence or crime laboratory techniques.
Summary of Qualifications
Thorough knowledge of the uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs and disposal methods.
Remarkable knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Profound knowledge of the laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
Strong ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
In-depth ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Strong analytical and logical reasoning skills.
Exceptionally detailed oriented.
Uncommon organizational skill and the ability to meet deadline.
Professional Experience
Department of Public Administration, Minneapolis, MN 2002 - Present
Forensic Science Technician
Analyze and classify biological fluids using DNA typing or serological techniques.
Analyze gunshot residue and bullet paths in order to determine how shootings occurred.
Analyze handwritten and machine-produced textual evidence to decipher altered or obliterated text or to determine authorship, age, and/or source.
Collect evidence from crime scenes, storing it in conditions that preserve its integrity.
Collect impressions of dust from surfaces in order to obtain and identify fingerprints.
Compare objects such as tools with impression marks in order to determine whether a specific object is responsible for a specific mark.
Confer with ballistics, fingerprinting, handwriting, documents, electronics, medical, chemical, or metallurgical experts concerning evidence and its interpretation.
Determine types of bullets used in shooting and if fired from a specific weapon.
Examine DNA samples to determine if they match other samples.
Examine physical evidence such as hair, fiber, wood or soil residues in order to obtain information about its source and composition.
Testify as expert witness on evidence or laboratory techniques in trials or hearings.
Department of Public Administration, Minneapolis, MN 2000 - 2002
Examined, tested, and analyzed tissue samples, chemical substances, physical materials, and ballistics evidence, using recording, measuring, and testing equipment.
Interpreted laboratory findings and tested results to identify and classify substances, materials, and other evidence collected at crime scene.
Collected and preserved criminal evidence used to solve cases.
Reconstructed crime scene to determine relationships among pieces of evidence.
Prepared reports or presentations of findings, investigative methods, or laboratory techniques.
Education
Associate Degree in Forensic Science University of New York (2000)
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