What are the responsibilities and job description for the EVIDENCE PROPERTY TECHNICIAN position at City of Columbia?
This position secures and maintains control of all evidence and found and/or recovered property; assists the public and officers; and performs related work as required. The incumbent works according to some procedures but decides how or when to do things; work is reviewed regularly by supervisor.
The work is considered light-to-medium in nature and involves walking or standing virtually all of the time and also involves exerting between 20 and 50 pounds of force on a recurring basis, or considerable skill, adeptness and speed in the use of fingers, hands or limbs in tasks involving close tolerances or limits of accuracy. The work requires the following physical abilities to perform the essential job functions: balancing, climbing, crouching, feeling, fingering, grasping, handling, hearing, kneeling, lifting, mental acuity, pulling, pushing, reaching, repetitive motion, speaking, stooping, talking, visual acuity, and walking.
Work environment may involve exposure to bright/dim light, fumes and/or noxious odors, disease/pathogens, toxic/caustic chemicals, and/or handling of biohazard evidence; and involves decisions that could lead to major community or organizational consequences.
Special Requirements:
The work is considered light-to-medium in nature and involves walking or standing virtually all of the time and also involves exerting between 20 and 50 pounds of force on a recurring basis, or considerable skill, adeptness and speed in the use of fingers, hands or limbs in tasks involving close tolerances or limits of accuracy. The work requires the following physical abilities to perform the essential job functions: balancing, climbing, crouching, feeling, fingering, grasping, handling, hearing, kneeling, lifting, mental acuity, pulling, pushing, reaching, repetitive motion, speaking, stooping, talking, visual acuity, and walking.
Work environment may involve exposure to bright/dim light, fumes and/or noxious odors, disease/pathogens, toxic/caustic chemicals, and/or handling of biohazard evidence; and involves decisions that could lead to major community or organizational consequences.
- Receives, labels, logs in, packages and stores evidence; completes logs and forms as required;
- Prepares notifications for property owners;
- Prepares evidence for destruction / disposal as directed;
- Assists in conducting routine inventory of evidence and property; maintains related records;
- Transports evidence to / picks up evidence from SLED and other locations as required;
- Provides court testimony regarding evidence as required;
- Assists in preparing property for public sale and making auction arrangements;
- Prepares and submits various reports as required;
- Assists customers over the telephone and in person; locates stored property and returns to owner as appropriate;
- Prepares bank deposits;
- Performs general clerical work, including but not limited to copying and filing documents, sending and receiving faxes, entering and retrieving computer data, answering the telephone, collecting and receipting fees, etc.;
- Attends training, meetings, seminars, etc., as required to enhance job knowledge and skills; and
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
- High school diploma or GED;
- Two (2) years of relevant prior experience;
- Required to type 30 corrected wpm;
- Required to handle biohazard evidence;
- Valid South Carolina Class “D” Driver’s License.
Special Requirements:
- Skill in the use of Microsoft Office;
- Must be flexible to work different schedules.
- Knowledge of performing addition and subtraction, multiplication and division and/or calculating ratios, rates and percentages;
- Ability to summarize, tabulate or format data or information in accordance with a prescribed schema or plan to facilitate the identification and extraction of useful information;
- Ability to speak or signal to people to convey or exchange information of a general nature;
- Ability to handle or use machines, tools or equipment requiring brief instruction or experience, such as computers for data entry, fax machines, copiers, telephones or similar equipment; may service office machines, including adding paper and changing toner;
- Ability to perform semi-skilled work involving set procedures and rules but with frequent problems;
- Ability to read technical instructions, procedures, manuals and charts to solve practical problems; composing routine reports and specialized reports, forms and business letters with proper format; speaking compound sentences using normal grammar and word form;
- Ability to perform clerical, manual or technical tasks prescribed by standard practices but which may require computation, the use of several procedures, and the use of independent judgments with obvious choices; requires normal attention for accurate results; and
- Ability to guide others, requiring a few decisions affecting a few co-workers; works in a stable environment with clear and uncomplicated written/oral instructions but with some variations from the routine.
Salary : $37,166 - $46,458
