Job Description- Fingerprint Technician

Position Summary: The Fingerprint Technician will be responsible for fingerprinting prospective applicants, candidates, volunteers and vendors on and off-site. Various off-site locations include colleges, job fairs, summer camps, community based organizations and school bus depots and much more. Off-site work may include evening and weekend hours. The Fingerprint Technician performs routine technical work in obtaining, identifying and maintaining fingerprints.

Reports to: Supervisor/ office administrator

Key Relationships: The Fingerprint Technician will interact with applicants, volunteers, candidates, as well as staff from community-based organizations and external service providers and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Performs fingerprinting activities for prospective applicants, candidates and volunteers, as well as vendors.

• Conducts preliminary interviews with fingerprint applicants. Follows up with applicants for needed information.

• Classifies fingerprints in accordance with established methods and procedures; maintains fingerprint files and records of pertinent identification data; searches fingerprint files for the purpose of comparing fingerprints with any prior impressions on record; maintains records on the number and type of fingerprints taken, filed and searched.

• Informs Supervisor of any changes as they pertain to fingerprinting events.

• Ensures compliance with all policies, procedures, regulations, and standards of practice as required by  the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

Minimum Requirements:

A four year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and 5 cumulative years providing fingerprinting services and demographic data collection