[NT] An NT as a forensic scientist...your thoughts?

[Bnova]

What are your thoughts on an NT going into the forensic science path???

I'm maybe starting this year for my national diploma in South Africa for Crime Scene investigation, a forensic crime scene investigator,it sounds professional and where i come from you only have to be older than 16 and have passed grade 9 to take the 18-24 months course

it sounds like a quick fix, and Im in my last years of matric then I can get a real diploma,bachelor's whatever in forensic science then the real money starts to flow , I'm turning 18 this year


I also view this as a chance to try different jobs out

since i dunno what i want to become yet

 

[Totenkindly]

What are your thoughts on an NT going into the forensic science path???

I'm maybe starting this year for my national diploma in South Africa for Crime Scene investigation, a forensic crime scene investigator,it sounds professional and where i come from you only have to be older than 16 and have passed grade 9 to take the 18-24 months course

it sounds like a quick fix, and Im in my last years of matric then I can get a real diploma,bachelor's whatever in forensic science then the real money starts to flow , I'm turning 18 this year


I also view this as a chance to try different jobs out

since i dunno what i want to become yet

I don't know what South Africa schools are like in that field, but yes, if I were a teenager again planning my education, actually forensic science would be one area I'd be examining far more than I did. The main issue is how much structure and what type of science you would be handling, it does need a focus on following rigorous lab procedures I think (?), you can't be purely theoretical and would need to appreciate hard data as the basis of your conclusions... but blood spatter analysis or body identification or facial recreation/modelling or other things that involve a healthy amount of imagination as you process data from a crime scene? That could all be very cool.

 

[Bnova]

I don't know what South Africa schools are like in that field, but yes, if I were a teenager again planning my education, actually forensic science would be one area I'd be examining far more than I did. The main issue is how much structure and what type of science you would be handling, it does need a focus on following rigorous lab procedures I think (?), you can't be purely theoretical and would need to appreciate hard data as the basis of your conclusions... but blood spatter analysis or body identification or facial recreation/modelling or other things that involve a healthy amount of imagination as you process data from a crime scene? That could all be very cool.

i was watching The Flash then i got inspiration for forensic science, then i watched sherlock and saw how he applied the science to solve his cases so all that hard data is totally second to me what comes first is like the stuff i write in my novel short stories, the novelty and the vision behind every crime scene is always first(subconsciously/consciously) for me ;-)