Forensic Science Technician Why did you choose this job/career? ▪ What do you do in a typical day? ▪ What education and/or training did you need for this job/career? ▪ How long have you been working in this job/career? ▪ What do you like best about your job/career? ▪ What do you like least about your job/career? ▪ What advice would you give me right now knowing that I am interested in a job/career like yours?

 Why did you choose this job/career?

Forensic Science means is a combination of two fields of knowledge: sciences and law. 

The field of forensics science has many positions for one to choose as a future career. For example, some jobs in this field are the technician or analyst’s jobs. A forensic technician or analyst can work inside a laboratory or outside, be stationed at a crime scene. Most people like these kinds of job because they care about the objectivity in our criminal justice and they feel they can help to bring trust and integrity to find evidence (s) to it to penalize the guilty or to set the innocent person to be free!

 What do you do in a typical day? ▪

It would depend in a person as a forensic technician is working inside a lab or not. If the technician is working inside the lab, he or she can work doing DNA testing, chemical testing, and other physical testing. The goal is to find good material as an evidence that can be linked to a perpetrator(s) of a crime,  or offense. A full-time job will be of 35-40 hours. 

 What education and/or training did you need for this job/career?

For the best, a college degree is a desirable or a technical, associated degree, or in other cases, public safety workers (like police officers) can be trained to be forensics technicians. It could be a degree in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Math, engineering, criminal justice, computers, microbial forensics scientist, etc. A microbial forensics work looking for the presence of bacteria in certain events (men made or not men made)

 How long have you been working in this job/career?

Most people work in these types of job for a long time. What matters is that a person will follow rules of ethics and honesty in the job. The forensic staff will need to pass proficiency tests and earn training to be certified or re-certified. 

 What do you like best about your job/career?

Most people like to use science to help humanity by helping to make strong and aim to make better our criminal justice institutions. It bring relief when an innocent person is found free.

 What do you like least about your job/career?

There are many kinds of forensic science jobs: chemist, biologist, medical examiners, entomologist, dentist, fingerprint examiner, DNA analysts, etc.

▪ What advice would you give me right now knowing that I am interested in a job/career like yours?

Start dreaming about that job wanted in forensic science, and where would you like to work. The FBI and police have many jobs related to forensic science outside and inside laboratories.

I have no idea about your age, but a first step maybe calling the near police department and interview a detective and ask him many questions about the importance of secure evidence in criminal cases.

Also growing up with a good citizen record will be a great assess for you when you would look for that forensic technician job. But for now, put dedication to learning as much as you can from school and keep in school excellent behavior. You can also visit the website of the FBI, they have a section for children to learn about what they do. The FBI like to hire forensic technicians with exceptional qualifications. It will be very important to have strong developmental skills in reading, writing and paying attention to details and independent critical thinking. 

Best advice : do well in school!

See this: https://www.fbi.gov/fbi-kids