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O*NET detailed work activityProcess forensic or legal evidence in accordance with procedures
Stays humanHands-on work
6 jobs9 tasks
This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.
Part of Process forensic or legal evidence, under the O*NET work activity group Performing Administrative Activities. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 9 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Submit evidence to supervisors, crime labs, or court officials for legal proceedings.
- Package, store and retrieve evidence.
- Process film and prints from crime or accident scenes.
- Direct collection, preparation, and handling of evidence and personal property of prisoners.
- Log and store exhibits from court proceedings.
- Screen, control, and handle evidence and exhibits during court proceedings.
- Package collected pieces of evidence in securely closed containers, such as bags, crates, or boxes, to protect them.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Preserve, process, and analyze items of evidence obtained from crime scenes and suspects, placing them in proper containers and destroying evidence no longer needed.
- Analyze and process evidence at crime scenes, during autopsies, or in the laboratory, wearing protective equipment and using powders and chemicals.