BALLISTICS EXPERTGreg Hardenfelder

11/9/15

JOB DESCRIPTION

Ballistics is a science that is rooted in physics, as ballistics experts are called upon to determine everything from trajectory to probable distance and angle when studying firearms and ammunition. A ballistics expert may study shell casings, bullet fragments, clips, and firearms at the scene of a crime and in a laboratory setting.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND TRENDS

This area is expected to grow much faster over the next several years due to the advances in technology

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES

Every case is different so your knowledge of the subject gains every time

You keep people safe: some times a bullet is the only piece of evidence left behind

Good pay

High in demand

DISADVANTAGES

Exposure to harmful substances such as body fluids fire arms and harmful chemicals

WAGES AND HOURS

In naussau county a ballistics expert makes any wear from 39,000 a year to 80,000 a year

As a ballistics expert you are on call at all time because you may be required to examine to crime scene its self

WORKING CONDITIONS

As a ballistics expert you are required to work both in a labrotory and at the crime scene itself

It is also not uncommon for a ballistics expert to lift prints from guns and collect dna from spent rounds

Most of the work is done in the lab

Use computors for crime scene mapping

TRAINING AND EDUCATION

Balchelors degree in forensics

Principles of Biology

Chemistry

Biology Laboratory

Chemistry Laboratory

Organic Chemistry

Criminalistics

Calculus

Analytic Geometry

Physics Laboratory

College Physics

Calculus-Based Physics

RELATED OCCUPATIONS

This field is very specialized and there are no branches oroccupations like this one

PROFFESIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

AFTE- association of fire arms and tool mark examiners

Fbi

Cia

Nypd

Scpd

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