
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Victoria Police Forensic Services Department
Scope of Accreditation
Victoria Police Forensic Services Centre, Macleod
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
- This facility complies with the requirements of AS 5388.1 Forensic analysis Part 1: Recognition, recording, recovery, transport and storage of material (except section 6 Occupational health and safety which is not assessed).
- This facility complies with the requirements of AS 5388.3 Forensic analysis Part 3: Interpretation.
- This facility complies with the requirements of AS 5388.2 Forensic analysis Part 2: Analysis and examination of material.
- This facility complies with the requirements of AS 5388.4 Forensic analysis Part 4: Reporting.
Legal
Service | Product | Determinant |
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Analysis of controlled substances | Any item received | Drug identification; Drug quantitation; Presumptive testing |
Clandestine drug facility - Investigation | Collection; Drug identification; Drug quantitation; Presumptive testing | |
Plant material | Botanical identification - Cannabis; Botanical identification - Other | |
Crime scene investigations | Major crime scene; Non-crime related incidents (including suicides and natural disasters); Volume crime scene | Assessment and control |
Recording and imagery | ||
Confirmatory testing for blood; Confirmatory testing for saliva; Confirmatory testing for semen; Event reconstruction; Examination and interpretation of the scene; Physical fit comparisons; Presumptive screening analysis; Shoe impressions; Tyre impressions | ||
Serial number recovery | ||
Exhibit collection | ||
Damage analysis | Any item received | Classification of damage; Examination of damage |
Examination of documents | Documents | Signature and handwriting examination |
Alterations; Examination of security features; Indentations and impressions; Ink comparisons; Printing process and devices; Substrate examinations | ||
Examination of fingerprints | Fingerprints | Identification |
Development | ||
Examination of firearms, ammunition and weapons | Ammunition; Firearms | Serial number recovery |
Ammunition; Firearms; Weapons | Chemical analysis of discharged residues; Examination and identification; Firearm safety testing | |
Ballistics | Classification; Examination and identification; Range determination; Trajectory reconstruction | |
Examination of tool marks | Any item received | Comparison of impressed marks; Comparison of striated marks |
Forensic biology - Examination of biological material | Any item received | Bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA) |
Collection, location and identification of biological material | ||
Hair | Examination of hair | |
Forensic biology - Examination of biological material - Field testing | Biological material; Blood; Saliva; Semen | Bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA); Collection, location and identification of biological material |
Forensic biology - Examination of botanical material | Plant material | Botanical identification of non controlled plant material |
Forensic chemistry/criminalistics | Any item received | Firearm residue examination; Gunshot residues |
Glass and other mineralogical material examination | ||
Chemical irritants; Explosives; Fires and explosion investigations; Flammable liquids; General chemical analysis; General physical examination; Propellants | ||
Paint; Polymer analysis; Textile fibre examination | ||
Genetic analysis | Biological material | DNA profiling for criminal case work - Direct comparison; DNA profiling for relationship testing |
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Accreditation No.
14233
Site No.
14226
Print date
04 Jul 2022
END OF SCOPE