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Rock Island Bureau Career continuous testing for the Forensic Scientist Trainee title . Henry Joliet Forensic Science Laboratory La Salle Grundy Joliet, IL Continuous testing allows a qualified candidate to bring a about my interest in a Mercer Putnam Kankakee Stark completed CMS Examining/Employment Application (CMS Marshall Knox Warren Woodford Livingston 100) and a picture identification to a CMS test site . Applicants Peoria Forensic Scientist Trainee Iroquois may test the same day and receive their grade before leaving with the Ford Tazewell McLean McDonough Fulton the test site . For information on CMS test site locations, please position? Hancock Morton Forensic Science Laboratory go to the ISP web site or contact CMS at 217-782-6921 . Mason Illinois State Police Schuyler De Witt Vermilion Morton, IL Logan Champaign Training and Applications Lab: 217-557-2399 Adams Menard Piatt • Upon completion of the examination, CMS staff will check Brown Cass Macon Sangamon your test and grade it "A", "B", "C", or "Not Qualified" . The You may also contact the following ISP laboratories: Morgan Douglas Moultrie Edgar Pike Scott ISP only interviews and hires applicants who receive an Christian Coles Forensic Science Center at Chicago . . . . . 312-433-8000 Shelby "A" grade . If you did not receive an "A" grade and wish Greene Clark Cumberland Joliet Forensic Science Lab ...... 815-740-3543 . Macoupin Montgomery to retake the test, you must submit a new application and Springfield Forensic Science Laboratory Springfield, IL Metro-East Forensic Science Lab . . . .618-222-8400 . Jersey Effingham - DNA Indexing Unit (CODIS) Fayette Jasper Crawford make arrangements to take the same option test after 30 - Toxicology Section Morton Forensic Science Lab . . . . . 309-284-6500 . Bond days . Madison Clay Lawrence Rockford Forensic Science Lab . . . . 815-987-7419. . Richland Marion Training and Applications Laboratory Clinton • Several weeks before the ISP plans to conduct interviews, Springfield Forensic Science Lab . . . .217-782-4975 . Springfield, IL St Clair Wayne the department will ask CMS for a list of those eligible Washington Monroe Jefferson You may also contact the Illinois State Police Forensic Metro-East Forensic Science Laboratory to be interviewed for available Forensic Scientist Trainee Belleville, IL White Randolph Perry Hamilton Sciences Command Headquarters at 217-782-4649 to -DuQuoin Evidence Receiving Station Franklin positions . CMS will send the list of "A" grade applicants to DuQuoin, IL

discuss becoming a Forensic Scientist and working in our Jackson the ISP . Williamson Saline Gallatin extensive laboratory system . Hardin • The ISP may mail you an invitation to interview . If you are Union Johnson one of the top candidates following the interview, the ISP Pope Pulaski Massac may ask you to take a polygraph examination and will follow up a clear polygraph with a background investigation • Contingent upon a clear background investigation report, the ISP may offer you a position as a Forensic Scientist Trainee .

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Trace Chemistry Option C Forensic Biology/DNA 24 Months The work of the Forensic Scientists produces clues to help track • Deferred Compensation: Identification and comparison of materials from fires, paints, and down criminals, free the innocent, and convict the guilty . People Automatically enrolled firearm discharges . who join the Illinois State Police (ISP) as a Forensic Scientist What benefits are available to unless employee Trainee become part of this exciting and rewarding profession . Toxicology chooses to “opt out” Identification of the presence of alcohols, volatiles, drugs and within first 30 days of Visit our website for additional information on a career with the poisons in tissue, blood, urine, and other body fluids . a Forensic Scientist Trainee? hire . ISP Forensic Sciences Command: • Holidays: Several state and federal holidays are recognized http://isp .illinois .gov/forensics Microscopy • Sick Leave Bank: Emergency sick time resource available Identification andcomparison of hairs, fibers, woods, soils, • Vacation: 10 paid days per year for catastrophic illness or injury; optional building materials, insulation, and a broad group of miscellaneous materials referred to as "particulate unknowns" . • Personal Days: Three paid days off for personal matters • Wellness Program: Assistance obtaining a healthy lifestyle What are the eligibility through professional advice related to nutritional, physical, Option C - Requires a Bachelor’s Degree in a natural science or • Sick Leave: One day accumulating for each month’s service mental, and emotional matters requirements to become a in forensic science, including successful completion of coursework of nine (9) semester hours in the three DNA class requirements • Maternity/Paternity Leave: At the birth/adoption of a child, 50 Forensic Scientist Trainee? of genetics, biochemistry, and molecular biology, with a total of 60 working days off for either the mother or father Where does training take semester hours of science coursework . Option A - Requires a Bachelor’s Degree in a natural science • Military Leave: The time required to comply with United States or in forensic science . Forensic Biology/DNA Armed Services and National Guard duty place? Identification and comparison of biological fluids and dried stains All trainees will be assigned to the appropriate training such as blood, semen, vaginal fluid, and saliva . Latent Prints • Family & Medical Leave: Up to 12 unpaid weeks off for Family and laboratory location for their discipline . The primary training Identification and comparison of impressions from sources Medical Leave Act conditions laboratories are located in Springfield and Chicago . During this like fingers, palms, or feet . time of training, the trainee will be trained through a series of • Insurance: Health, life, vision, and dental; optional coverage for What does the position pay? lectures, practical laboratory experience, written examinations, Firearms/Toolmarks your family For salary information for the Forensic Scientist Trainee position, refer and practical examinations with clearly defined expectations Examination and comparison of fired bullets, discharged to our website . • Group Long-Term Care Insurance: Option to purchase insurance for completion . All aspects of the training program are directly cartridges, guns, gunpowder patterns, obliterated serial to provide "custodial care" for a long period of time, due to chronic supervised by a Training Coordinator . numbers in metal, or marks left by burglary tools such as a health conditions and/or physical disabilities pry bar or screwdriver . This may also include comparison How long is of impressions from shoes or tires . • Workers Compensation: How do I inquire about training? Compensation for job-related injury or illness a Forensic Scientist Forensic Scientist Trainees receive comprehensive instruction in the • Unemployment Compensation: use of the most advanced scientific Partial payment for loss of Trainee position? technology and procedures for wages Internet: http://isp .illinois .gov/forensics analyzing evidence . The length of training programs vary with the • Retirement Program: Write to: Illinois State Police Forensic Sciences Command specialty areas . Membership in the State Statewide Training Program Employees Retirement 2060 Hill Meadows Dr ., Suite 1 System, with eligibility to draw Springfield, IL 62702 benefits after a minimum of 10 years of certified service . Telephone: 217-557-2399 ext . 3