Minimum Requirements and Recommendations for a Firearm and Toolmark Examiner Training Program

This standard covers the minimum requirements and recommendations for firearm and toolmark examiner training programs. The requirements include the essential skills and knowledge needed to perform successfully in the discipline. Requirements and recommendations include training topics, documentation, casework exercises, and methods for testing competency of the examiner. This document also provides guidance regarding which training elements may be removed in cases where a trainee is being qualified in only one category of testing. This standard does not preclude agencies from adding additional mission-specific requirements.