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Our training courses will prepare you for the role of private investigator and will enable you to apply for SIA registration once this is enacted by the government in the next few months. These courses are priced separately but please see the package price for 3 courses, which offers a significant discount over the cost of the individual courses.
Lord Taylor (Minister for Criminal Information) - "As the minister responsible for the introduction of business licensing to regulate the private security industry... The UK Government remains committed to the continued reform of the regulation of the private security industry... It is expected that it will become a criminal offence for an individual to operate without a private investigator license in 2015."
Price �1199 + vat
Price �999 + vat
The SIA have indicated that this will be the standard qualification for registration as a Private Investigator. The Level 3 Award for Professional Investigators (QCF) focuses on:
The qualification also deals with maintaining the security and confidentiality of all information during the investigation. Throughout, there is also the requirement of knowing and complying with the laws and regulations relevant to carrying out investigations.
This qualification is based on the SIA Specification for Learning and Qualifications for Private Investigators and Pre-Cognition activities.
We can support you through this qualification in four different ways.
Option 1 � A 5 Day course covering all of the learning outcomes culminating in an externally set and marked examination.
Price �595 + vat
Option 2 � Distance learning course enabling you to study at your own pace. Supported throughout by an experienced investigator to give advice and assess your work. Once complete there is a 1 day consolidation course booked at your convenience culminating in an externally set and marked examination.
Price �399 + vat
Option 3 � For experienced investigators. This includes an interview to allow our assessor to accredit your prior experience. This is followed by a 1 day revision course where any gaps in your experience can be addressed followed by an externally set and marked examination.
Price �199 + vat
Option 4 � For experienced investigators. This includes an interview to allow our assessor to accredit your prior experience followed by an externally set and marked examination without any further training.
Price �99 + vat
All prices include registration and certification fees with the awarding body.
This course is aimed at investigators who wish to gain an insight into covert surveillance planning, procedures and practice. Taken by experienced trainers with extensive police and / or military surveillance experience this course will last 4 days and is run over 2 consecutive weekends. Subjects covered include;
This 4 day course is made up of 1 day of theory followed by 3 days of practical exercises for which you will receive a certificate from Ikon Training Ltd. If you have not completed our Level 3 Professional Investigator course, some pre course work will be necessary.
Price �595 + vat
A 1 day course for investigators who need to gather information and intelligence from open areas of the internet. How to go beyond everyday searches. Subjects covered include;
Those completing this course will receive a certificate from Ikon Training Ltd.
Price �150 + vat
These courses will be run from state of the art training facilities with excellent transport connections on the outskirts of Ipswich, Suffolk. Courses are non residential but there are 2 reasonably priced hotels within walking distance of the venue. Special rates may be negotiable so please ask if you are considering booking a room. There is ample free parking at the venue.
If your company is interested in running any of these courses at your own premises we may be able to offer a discount on delegate rates, subject to sufficient delegates registering.
In the case of the Level 3 Award for Professional Investigators you would need to allow access to a room that complies with examination rules and this would need to be pre-authorised.
Our training provider Ikon Training are a leading provider of certified course with the security industry. For more details of the courses click here
If you are thinking of taking this qualification make sure that your provider is using materials approved by the SIA for future registration purposes. Our training providers are a centre for the awarding body Industry Qualifications (IQ), who have this approval.
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