| Many people come to the internet looking for | | | | Secret Clearancee. Be Registered with Selective |
| information on how to get ATF Agents job. | | | | Service if Born After 1959f. Be a United States |
| Some of them become discouraged after they | | | | Citizen |
| find out what is required to get this job. | | | | 2. Electrical Engineer: |
| Unbeknownst to them is that there are many | | | | The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and |
| other jobs offered by the Bureau of Alcohol, | | | | Explosives also needs electrical engineers. These |
| Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). In this | | | | electrical engineers work as technical experts for |
| article, I am going to highlight some of those | | | | products, equipment, and components having |
| other ATF jobs and what it takes to secure | | | | electrical and electronic components. Sometimes |
| these jobs. | | | | arson can be caused by people tampering with |
| It must be pointed out that not all ATF jobs are | | | | the above components. It is the job of the |
| open to the general public. This is another | | | | electrical engineer to make this determination. |
| misconception. Some ATF jobs are only open to | | | | The electrical engineer participates in crime scene |
| current federal government employees. I will not | | | | investigation on electrical failure scenarios and |
| cover those jobs in this article. The article will only | | | | analysis. This may mean the electrical engineer |
| focus on the jobs that are open to the general | | | | testifying in court proceedings about his findings |
| public. | | | | and analysis. |
| In no particular order of importance, some other | | | | The ATF electrical engineer must be able to |
| Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and | | | | research and develop new testing for electrical |
| Explosives jobs are: | | | | and electronic components that will assist in |
| 1. Fingerprint Specialist: | | | | forensic fire investigation. This may involve new |
| The ATF fingerprint specialist analyzes fingerprint | | | | methods or approaches to address new trends or |
| evidence from criminal investigations of firearms | | | | problems the ATF may be seeing. |
| violations, bombing, and or arsons. The person | | | | Getting this job requires that you have at least a |
| basically becomes expert in the examination and | | | | bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from an |
| comparison of fingerprints. The job may require | | | | accredited college. You will also be required to |
| you to testify in court against criminals based on | | | | meet or have the following:a. Pass Security |
| your expert knowledge and analysis. | | | | Clearanceb. Pass Drug Screening and Be Subject |
| A fingerprint specialist must also be knowledgeable | | | | to Random Drug Testsc. Two Forms of |
| in forensic science and be able to improve | | | | Identificationd. Be a US Citizen |
| fingerprinting methodologies and analytical | | | | As you can see, ATF has many jobs other than |
| procedures. He or she must be able to direct and | | | | ATF agent job one can apply for. There are |
| supervise fingerprint technicians. | | | | many more than I can possibly address in this |
| The good news is that this job does not require | | | | short article. This is just to show you should not |
| college education. Though not required, having | | | | give up your dream of working for the Bureau of |
| some fingerprinting experience will surely help. You | | | | Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives just |
| are also required to meet or have the following:a. | | | | because you can't become an agent. |
| Two Forms of Identificationb. Pass Drug | | | | Note: You are free to reprint or republish this |
| Screening and Be Subject to Random Drug | | | | article. The only condition is that the Resource |
| Testsc. Pass a Background Checkd. Get Top | | | | Box should be included and the links are live links. |