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Forensic Science Technicians

Law and Crime

  • Average Salary

    RM2677 - RM 5502

  • Career Trends

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  • Compability

What is 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.

Minimum education level

 

PT3

SPM

STPM

Diploma

Degree

Average Salary

RM2677 - RM 5502

Example of a Job Position

Crime Laboratory Analyst
Crime Scene Technician/Crime Scene Tech
CSI/Crime Scene Investigator
Evidence Technician
Forensic Science Examiner
Forensic Scientist
Forensic Specialist
Latent Fingerprint Examiner
Latent Print Examiner

Task

? Keep records and prepare reports detailing findings, investigative methods, and laboratory techniques ? Collect evidence from crime scenes, storing it in conditions that preserve its integrity ? Testify in court about investigative or analytical methods or findings ? Use photographic or video equipment to document evidence or crime scenes ? Visit morgues, examine scenes of crimes, or contact other sources to obtain evidence or information to be used in investigations

Knowledge

Public Safety and Security

Knowledge of relevant tools, policies, procedures and strategies to support effective raid / patrol operations for local, provincial and national security, and protect people, data, property and institutions.

Computers and Electronics

Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

English

Knowledge of the structure and content of English, including the meaning and spelling of each word, composition rules, and grammar.

Law and Governance

Knowledge of laws, legal rules, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, institutional rules, and democratic political processes.

Chemistry

Knowledge of the composition, structure and chemical properties of substances and chemical processes and transformations that occur. Includes the use of chemicals and their interactions, alarms, production techniques and disposal methods

Skills

Talking

Talk to others to convey information effectively

Writing

Communicate effectively through writing that suits the needs of the audience

Critical Thinking

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to the problems handled

Reading Understanding

Understand sentences and paragraphs written in work documents.

Capability

  • 1

    Depth Perception - The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.

  • 2

    Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

  • 3

    Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences

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