1. Forensic Scientist
By Corey Wilkins

2. Job role!
Forensic scientists provide impartial scientific evidence for use in courts of law to support the prosecution or defence in criminal and civil investigations. They are primarily concerned with examining contact trace material associated with crimes. This follows the principle that 'every contact leaves a trace' that will offer potential evidence to link a suspect with the scene of the crime, the victim or the weapon.

3. Job activities!
The type of activities you do are different to what types of science you are into. The 3 main one’s in forensic science are:
Chemistry, which is connected to crimes against property, such as burglary and arson.
Biology, which is connected to crimes against people, such as murder, assault and rape.
Drugs and toxicology.

4. What work involves!
Chemistry - the examination of paint, chemicals, etc., including fire investigation and accident reconstruction
Biology - DNA testing and the examination of minute contact traces, such as blood, hair, clothing fibres, etc.
Drugs and toxicology - testing for restricted drugs, examining tissue specimens for poison detection, and the analysis of blood and urine samples for alcohol, for example in drink driving offences.

5. Salary!
If you are a trainee or assistant the salary is somewhere around £16,000 -£18,000 a year.
If you then have 2-3 years experience the it goes up to about £25,000 - £30,000 a year.
At senior levels its about £50,000 plus a year.

6. Training!
There is a lot of training used for this job as you are working in a science lab. The types of areas you will need are:
Laboratory skills and proficiency tests.
Blood pattern analysis.
Statement writing.
Health and safety.
Court room and presentation skills.
Project management.

7. Qualifications!
A forensic scientist needs a good degree result in any scientific subject is necessary. Possession of a forensic science-related qualification at any level can be beneficial if you want to take toxicology and drugs. Relevant experience can be difficult to acquire as forensic laboratories do not offer placements, so experience gained using similar scientific and analytical techniques can be useful. You can also take another science such as chemistry as there may not always be that forensic scientist job going so you can use that qualification some where else.

8. My dream job role.
My dream is to work in the police force, forensic science as I have always wanted to be in the police force but since then at the Amersham school I have a real urge for science as it is a passion to me. At GCSE I’m taking triple science as I need these qualifications I'm also taking resistant materials as this is a fiddly subject and will I’m prove my hand, eye co-ordination I’m also taking p.e. as this will give me the other option of if the science role is not available then I can be a officer for the police. Also at a level I intend to take science.

9. Resources
I use 2 websites also I used some information on what I used when we did careers in class. The websites I used were:

10. I hope you learned a lot about my dream career.
Thank you for watching
By Corey Wilkins
8LNi
Amersham School