Administrative, supervisory, laboratory and field work at a professional level involving chemical and criminalist analysis of materials, samples, and various items of evidence for the State Police Crime Laboratory in the Department of Public Safety. Work includes on-scene materials comparisons and examinations in conjunction with police investigations.
Supervision is exercised over professional and technical employees.
Work is performed under the general direction of the Criminal Justice Services Division Director. Interprets data, draws conclusions, and formulates opinions. Uses techniques and instrumentation as necessary in order to identify, link, compare, and discover individuality and or relationships of examined items to persons, place, or objects for use as evidence in criminal proceedings. Provides new employee training and continuous in-house or external training for forensic staff. May provide training to outside agencies.