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19-4092.00 — Forensic Science Technicians

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Tools

Alcohol analysers
  • Breathalyzers
Benchtop centrifuges
  • Laboratory benchtop centrifuges
Binocular light compound microscopes
  • Optical compound microscopes
Biological evidence collection kits
  • Blood collection kits
  • Body fluid collection kits
  • Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA collection kits
Biometric identification equipment
  • Fingerprint recognition systems
Camera lenses or filters
  • Colored camera filters
  • Ultraviolet UV camera lens filters
Desktop computers
Digital camcorders or video cameras
  • Digital video cameras
Digital cameras
Direction finding compasses
  • Navigational compasses
Distance meters
  • Electronic measuring devices
Fabric or netting for entomology
  • Insect swoop nets
Fingerprint applicators or brushes
  • Fingerprint brushes
Fingerprint latent print kits
  • Fingerprint evidence kits
Flags or accessories
  • Crime scene evidence flags
Floor grade forceps or hemostats
  • Medical hemostats
Footprint lifters
  • Electrostatic dust print lifters
  • Gel lifters
  • Impression casting kits
Footwear covers
  • Footwear protectors
Forensic chemical workstations
  • Cyanoacrylate fuming chambers
Gas generators
  • Portable generators
Goggles
  • UV forensic goggles
Handheld thermometer
  • Handheld digital thermometers
Hazardous material protective apparel
  • Biohazard suits
Identification markers
  • Photo markers
Infrared lamps
  • Infrared light sources
Laboratory balances
  • Electronic precision balances
Laboratory hotplates
  • Fuming hot plates
Laboratory insect containers
  • Insect collection containers
Laboratory mixers
  • Benchtop mixers
Laboratory scalpels
  • Pointed scalpels
  • Rounded scalpels
Laboratory scissors
  • Evidence scissors
  • Stainless steel scissors
Laboratory sifting equipment
  • Sifting screens
Laboratory spatulas
  • Stainless steel spatulas
Laboratory tools
  • Plastic evidence tweezers
  • Stainless steel tweezers
Laboratory washing machines
  • Glassware washers
Lasers
  • Laser trajectory kits
  • Portable lasers
Magnifiers
  • Hand held magnifiers
  • Inspection mirrors
Measuring wheels for distance
  • Distance measuring wheels
Medical staff isolation or surgical masks
  • Protective masks
Metal detectors
Microscope slides
Minivans or vans
  • Police vans
Narcotic test kits
  • Drug testing kits
Nitrogen or nitrate or nitrite analyzer
  • Gunshot residue kits
Notebook computers
  • Laptop computers
  • Mobile data computers
Personal computers
Portable data input terminals
  • Handheld evidence collection computers
Postmortem fingerprint or impression materials
  • Postmortem print spoons
Power saws
  • Reciprocating saws
Protective gloves
  • Protective latex gloves
Protractors
Respiration air supplying self contained breathing apparatus or accessories
  • Self-contained breathing apparatus
Rulers
  • Photographic scales
Safety glasses
Sexual assault determination kits
  • Sexual assault evidence collection kits
Shovels
Spades
Specimen collectors
  • Evidence collection containers
  • Glass specimen jars
  • Plastic specimen jars
Spectrophotometers
Steam autoclaves or sterilizers
  • Steam sterilizers
Still cameras
  • 35 millimeter cameras
  • Large format cameras
Tape measures
  • Crime scene tape measures
  • Steel measuring tape
Temperature cycling chambers or thermal cyclers
  • Thermocyclers
Two way radios
  • Portable two way radios
Ultraviolet UV lamps
  • Long-wave ultraviolet UV lamps
  • Ultraviolet UV lights
Utility knives

Technology

Analytical or scientific software
  • DNA sequence analysis software
  • Laboratory information management system LIMS software
Charting software
  • Microsoft Office Visio
Data base user interface and query software
  • Automated Biometric Identification System ABIS
  • Combined DNA Index System CODIS
  • DataWorks Plus Digital CrimeScene
  • Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System IAFIS
  • Microsoft Access
  • National Crime Information Center NCIC database
  • National Integrated Ballistics Information Network NIBIN
Electronic mail software
  • IBM Lotus Notes
  • Microsoft Outlook
Graphics or photo imaging software
  • Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop software
  • DesignWare 3D EyeWitness
  • Eos Systems PhotoModeler
  • Graphics software
  • Image enhancement software
  • Mideo Systems EZDoc Plus
  • Midwest Information Systems PAX-it
  • SmartDraw.com SmartDraw Legal
  • The CAD Zone The Crime Zone
  • Trancite Logic Systems ScenePD
  • Visual Statement Vista FX3 CSI
Internet browser software
  • Web browser software
Spreadsheet software
  • Microsoft Excel
Word processing software
  • Corel WordPerfect software
  • Microsoft Word

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