Specifications include, but are not limited to:The primary job duties of the Firearm and Toolmark Examiner are to identify, collect, preserve, examine, and interpret the physical evidence associated with specific criminal acts. Physical evidence is any tangible entity associated with an event under investigation (crime, accident, lawsuit), the analysis of which stands to associate an individual with the event, establish an element of a crime or tort, corroborate or disprove an alibi, and/or determine the manner in which an event occurred. The job duties of a Firearm and Toolmark Examiner have been grouped into job duty areas. Descriptions of the activities associated with each job duty area are described below. STATE OF DELAWARE Government Support Services 3 D. Collection of Evidence A Firearm and Toolmark Examiner may examine crime scenes and articles found there related to a crime to identify the evidentiary value or potential of an item or object as it is encountered in an organized search routine. The Examiner must determine and use the appropriate manipulative skills and tools necessary to select, remove, package, and protect the physical evidence in a manner which best maintains the integrity and evidentiary value of the items
