DESCRIPTION
Private Investigator Diploma
The job of a private investigator (PI) includes many fascinating and intriguing
events, making it one of the most pursued careers for young people today. The
fast-paced modern life has also led to increasing in criminal activities like
fraud and identity theft creating a high demand for skilled and trained Private
Investigators. Private investigators discover and explore information for people
who hire them. The services that a PI offers range from physical protection,
personal inquiries and background checks, criminal investigations, and child
custody cases to fraudulent insurance claims. The nature of the job also changes
according to the case and also the client.
Depending on skill and training, a private investigator could specialise in
investigating corporate, forensic, legal, insurance or financial matters. It is
up to the individual choice to take up an area that one is comfortable with,
enjoys and is interested in. Thus, one can become a general investigator or work
on special cases ranging from marital disputes, custody battles, high-tech
intelligence gathering for multi-national corporations or investigating criminal
profiles. A private investigator also may work alone or as a part of an agency.
Those who take up the course of PI would learn interrogation methods,
surveillance tactics and ways to collect evidence. They also learn about the
legal aspects of different types of undercover investigations, tactical
strategies, surveillance and ways to avoid simple mistakes in investigating. The
course gives details about insurance claims and the methods of investigation
involved in each. It also informs about skills ranging from identifying fraud to
testifying in courtrooms are also taken up. The course also focuses on the use
of technologies in fingerprinting, ballistics and related techniques, and also
about the technology used in surveillance.
This course will be beneficial to those who are employed or seeking employment
with professions with a unique set of skills to gather information about various
cases in different areas and fields. The course will place the learner in an
advantageous position over their colleagues and also provide an advantage while
applying for new jobs or promotions. Those who are not listed as Private
Investigators but are expected to benefit from the course are auditors or
forensic accountants, corruption investigators, counsellors or psychologists,
customs officers, complaints officers, corrective service officers, council
compliance officers, surveillance team members, debt collectors, environmental
protection officers, forensic specialists, fraud prevention officers,
genealogists or family historians, investigation managers, insurance claims
assessment officers, interviewers, journalists, parks and wildlife officers,
police officers, policy development officers, quarantine inspectors, research
officers, security officers, legal professionals and paralegals and workplace
health and safety inspectors.
What you will learn
1: Becoming a private investigator
2: Theft
3: Tracing
4: Surveillance
5: Electronic equipment and counter-espionage - polygraphic calibrator
6: Repossession
7: Process Serving
8: Interviewing and Interrogation
COURSE OUTCOMES
After completing the course, you will receive a diploma certificate and an
academic transcript from Elearn college.
ASSESSMENT
Each unit concludes with a multiple-choice examination. This exercise will help
you recall the major aspects covered in the unit and help you ensure that you
have not missed anything important in the unit. The results are readily
available, which will help you see your mistakes and look at the topic once
again. If the result is satisfactory, it is a green light for you to proceed to
the next chapter.
ACCREDITATION
Elearn College is a registered Ed-tech company under the UK Register of
Learning( Ref No:10062668). After completing a course, you will be able to
download the certificate and the transcript of the course from the website. For
the learners who require a hard copy of the certificate and transcript, we will
post it for them for an additional charge.