EDI Professional Investigators Award
This award and its training components are all about: Probity, Ethics, Standards, Procedures and most of all a working knowledge of how the professional investigator and the law interact. The qualification is primarily designed for private investigators who seek a Private Investigator Licence (Should it become mandatory), but there is a regular stream of interest from people looking to conduct investigations and enquiries throughout the private and public sector.
The EDI L3 Award in Professional Investigations, from January 2012, is a QCF qualification assessed on the basis of a an externally set and externally marked multiple choice test in: Principles of Planning and Reporting Investigations (Credit Value = 2) & Principles of Gathering and Using Information for Investigations (Credit Value = 3)
The next test date for our learners is: Saturday, 24th March 2012, at: Old Police Station, 116 Dewsbury Road, Leeds, LS11 6XD. Time Table: Course Recap / Practice Exam: 11.00 hours, Midday: 1 Hour exam.
The EDI L3 PI training is offered to learners as distance learning and will consist of an average of 39 guided learning hours. Effectively you will study from your office or home until you take the exam at a designated centre.
The EDI L3 Professional Investigator Award is as much a, "General Investigator" qualification as it is a, "Private Investigator" qualification. The rationale behind the SIA commissioned EDI award has always been for practitioners in the industry to have the required skills and competencies to complete assignments. "The specification does not represent all the training that would be required to produce a job-ready Investigator, but it does cover the knowledge necessary to prevent harm to the public" (Noted in the SIA's Impact Assessment on Private Investigators, 25 July 2008).
Our, "In house", Private Investigator Training Courses supplements the EDI syllabus and the 200 page Private Investigator Training Manual that has been developed over the past two years is available, ensuring that you learning is both theoretical and practical and that you can prosper in the Private Investigator Sector as a Private Investigator/ Professional Investigator.
We offer a small discount to existing Private Investigators who are members of a related trade association or professional body, such as: Association of British Investigators (ABI), British Agents, ASIS, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), Association of Security Consultants (ASC), Council of International Investigators (CII), EX Police in Industry & Commerce (EPIC), Institute of Counter Fraud Specialists (ICFS), Institute of Paralegals, Institute of Professional Investigators (IPI), International Professional Security Association (IPSA), The Worshipful Company of Security Professionals (CoSP), The Security Institute (SyI), World Association of Detectives (WAD), etc. Please contact us for details.
The total cost of the training, study material and one exam registration is: £420.00 (VAT is included).
