STATE OF
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: CRIMINALIST III
Class Code: 2336-26 Date Established: 09-23-97
Occupational Code: 7-6-4 Date of Last Revision: 05-11-11
BASIC PURPOSE: To coordinate and conduct scientific
examinations and analyses on physiological specimens for criminal
investigations, and testifies as subject matter expert in criminal trials.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Collects and
preserves evidence from crime scenes and suspects.
·
Prepares
detailed reports on scientific findings relative to laboratory analysis and
examinations.
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Trains and
supervises subordinates in analysis, identification and comparison of various
types of physical evidence.
·
Testifies in
court as an expert witness as required.
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Supervises
laboratory personnel in absences of Laboratory Director and Assistant
Laboratory Director.
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Oversees
laboratory projects such as evaluating new procedures or chairing a taskforce,
and actively participates on laboratory committees.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in developing formats and
procedures for special applications OR in investigating and reviewing the use
of equipment and data for a specialized function.
Knowledge: Requires logical or scientific expertise to
resolve problems of a specialized or professional nature in a wide range of
applications.
Impact: Requires responsibility for achieving major
aspects of long-range agency objectives by planning short- and long-term
organizational goals, reviewing recommendations for procedural changes, and
developing or revising program policies.
Errors at this level result in incorrect decisions at an administrative
level, and are detected subsequent to implementation in an overall evaluation
process.
Supervision: Requires direct supervision of other
employees doing related or similar work, including scheduling work,
recommending leave, reviewing work for accuracy, performance appraisal, or
interviewing applicants for position vacancies.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job functions in
an adverse working environment containing a combination of disagreeable
elements which impact significantly upon the employee's capacity for completing
work assignments. This level includes
work-related accidents or assault.
Physical Demands: Requires medium work, including continuous
strenuous activities such as frequent reaching, bending, or lifting as well as
performing work activities which require fine manual dexterity or coordination
in operating machines or equipment.
Communication: Requires reviewing summaries and reports and
making decisions to solve problems or to achieve work objectives as well as
articulating and expressing those solutions and goals. This level also requires formal presentations
of solutions and goals to employees and the general public to increase the
responsiveness of the agency toward the demands of its client system.
Complexity: Requires evaluating a combination of
wide-ranging job functions to determine work procedures, to solve problems, and
to reach conclusions by applying analytical, technical, or scientific thinking. This level also requires planning policies
and long-term strategies, drawing conclusions based on available criteria, and
evaluating the effectiveness of program objectives.
Independent Action: Requires objective assessment in analyzing
and developing new work methods and procedures subject to periodic review and
in making decisions according to established technical, professional or
administrative standards.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Possession of a Master’s degree from a
recognized college or university with a major study in chemistry, biological
sciences, computer science, photographic science, forensic science or a closely
related laboratory science. Each
additional year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of
required work experience.
Experience: Four years’ experience in chemistry,
biological sciences or forensic laboratory duties; one year shall have been at
a supervisory level. Each additional
year of approved work experience may be substituted for one year of required
formal education at the graduate level only.
License/Certification: Must be eligible to hold a NH driver’s
license and have access to transportation for use in statewide travel. Applicants must meet certification
requirements of the FBI’s SWGDAM or ASCLD/LAB as a Technical Supervisor
in one of the forensic disciplines.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
Must be able to pass
a security background check.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of forensic DNA principles,
laboratory techniques, procedures &
technology. Knowledge of
physiological evidence, collections and preservation techniques. Knowledge of rules of evidence. Knowledge of forensic serology. Knowledge of Electrophoresis/isoelectric
focusing. Knowledge of the principles
and practices of quantitative/qualitative organic chemistry. Knowledge of biochemistry, genetics,
molecular biology & recombinant DNA technology. Knowledge of laboratory safety rules,
regulations, and procedures. Knowledge
of forensic DNA laboratory proficiency and validation studies. Ability to perform forensic DNA-RFLP and
DNA-PCR analyses. Ability to evaluate
and interpret forensic DNA test results.
Ability to present and defend findings in a Court of Law. Ability to communicate succinctly in written
and verbal form. Ability to examine, analyze, identify and compare various
types of physical evidence. Ability to
prepare reagents and solutions. Ability
to supervise and train staff in analysis and identification of blood and bodily
fluids. Ability to establish and
maintain effective working relationships with departmental and local police,
legal personnel and the general public.
Must be willing to maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties
and responsibilities as determined by the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive of
general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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