Professional Investigators Award

E-Learning Training for the Level 3 Professional Investigator's Award, the standard Investigator qualification of the Security Industry Authority (SIA)

The Security Industry Authority (S.I.A.) is a Regulatory Authority and one of its functions is to regulate, amongst other areas of the Security Sector, Professional Investigators and Precognition Agents. The Authority has powers to issues licences to holders of recognised qualifications and in prospect of future regulation has approved the EDI Level 3 Award in Professional Investigation. (Accreditation No 500/6339/X)

Bisio Online Training is an EDI and IQ approved Training and Bespoke E-Learning Package Provider, an established training company which offers best value; low-priced, cost effective, internet based online e-learning training and revision courses for Professional Investigators, Private Investigators, Fraud Investigators and all Investigators interested in the accredited and nationally recognised Level 3 Award for Professional Investigators accepted as the standard qualification for Investigators by the Security Industry Authority (S.I.A.).

Bisio Training is now pleased to offer the IQ Level 3 for Professional Investigators (QCF)

This award started on the 15 March 2012 involving two units viz.

M/503/0680 - Principles of gathering and using information for investigations

A/503/0679 - Principles of planning and reporting investigations

The IQ Level 3 Award for Professional Investigators (QCF) is a qualification for individuals who work or would like to work as Professional Investigators. It focuses on how to research information from various sources; gather information through interviews; and have an overview of surveillance operations, both overt and covert; on gathering information in support of an investigation; planning and reporting investigations. This includes identifying the objectives of the investigation; dealing with conflicts of interest; and how to report and present the findings on the investigation. 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.

http://www.industryqualifications.org.uk/qualifications/database/vQuals/iq-level-3-award-for-professional-investigators-qcf

With our unique, interactive on-line package you will get a solid background in established skills, techniques and the relevant legislation relating to private investigation.

Based on methodologies and techniques followed and employed by police and other law enforcement agencies throughout the UK, this online learning aid is compatible with the EDI and IQ Level 3 Professional Investigator's Award - the Security Industry Authority (SIA) approved standard for private investigators. It serves as an excellent preparatory, up-skilling revision package for experienced investigators.


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From the comfort of your computer, at work or at home, you will be able to learn the following key aspects of private investigation:
        • Gathering Electronic Evidence
        • Operational Preparation and Planning
        • Taking Witness Statements
        • Investigative Interviewing Skills and Techniques
        • Exhibit Handling
        • Gathering Information by Surveillance
        • Surveillance Logkeeping
        • The Bribery Act 2010
        • The Computer Misuse Act 1990
        • The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996
        • The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
        • The Data Protection Act 1998
        • The Freedom of Information Act 2000
        • The Protection from Harassment Act 1997
        • The Human Rights Act 1998
        • The National Intelligence Model
        • The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
        • The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998
        • The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
        • The Sexual Offences Act 2003
        • Solicitors Conduct Rules 2007
        • The Private Security Industry Act 2001

By taking bisio’s e-learning package you will save on accommodation costs, subsistence costs, travel costs and loss of earnings from attending a residential course. This will seriously increase the cost of any course. Thequalification is knowledge based and therefore lends itself to delivery by e-learning. The SIA welcomes blended learning as a means of delivering quality training and bisio considers the basic knowledge required in order to obtain the award is achievable on-line. bisio accepts however that any Professional Investigator wishing to develop his/her knowledge will require further training. bisio has delivered high quality training courses to both the private and public sector for many years and learners are welcome to enquire about our more advanced courses.

We are aware that licensing is not mandatory at the moment but with the events of the past year there is little doubt that Private Investigators will be regulated in the near future as part of the Regulatory Reform. By completing the EDI or IQ level 3 Award now, the qualification will be valid for a period of three years; well within the proposed time scale of mandatory licensing. An applicant for the Private Investigator’s Licence will be able to claim at anytime up to three years an:-

Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL)

APL is a process which recognises that some of the learning that can contribute to the award of the professional investigator’s qualification has already taken place. The approach is that wherever and whenever the experience occurred, the evidence of the learning must be proven. It enables the recognition of achievement resulting from a range of activities using valid assessment methodology.

For this recognition to be acceptable to the awarding bodies and regulatory authorities evidence must be:

Authentic:
This clearly relates to the learners own efforts and must be proved by original certificates i.e. The EDI or IQ Level 3 Professional Investigators Award which bisio will provide upon successful completion of the examination.

Current:
The EDI or IQ award is effective for 3 years and provides all the evidence required to apply for the Private Investigator’s Licence.

Relevant:
The evidence, which must comprise of more than prior experience, needs to correspond to the SIA approved qualifications for licensing.

Sufficient:
The APL should cover everything in enough detail.

Included in the Units for example is knowledge of investigative skills such as an understanding of how to interview people, both suspects and witnesses to gather information. This easy to understand interactive online tutorial for investigative interviewing, which can be accessed anywhere when you are on the web, teaches you the Conversation Management Model of Interviewing, a style of the PEACE Model of Interviewing technique used by all police officers and law enforcement officials in the UK. It also gives learners all the law and legislation relating to investigations and interviewing procedures which is covered in the tutorials written by a qualified barrister exclusively for Bisio Training and simply and easily delivered through the Bisio Training Online Portal.

Also included in the Units is a full interactive course on overt and covert surveillance, observation skills awareness, the preparation and planning of surveillance operations, surveillance log keeping, the evidential or intelligence use of information obtained by use of directed surveillance methods under the RIPA (Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000) and the criteria regarding RIPA authorities. Photography and photographic equipment use is covered.

Bisio On-line training, through its rapid e-learning, provides all the legislation necessary, legal and educational to complete the EDI or IQ Level 3 Award. Its tutorial-style programmes cover the recommended 39 Guided Learning Hours (GLHs), courses that will enhance the basic knowledge, understanding, education and skills of individuals, learners, professionals and students who wish to achieve the EDI or IQ Level Three Professional Investigator's Award.

This competency based qualification is necessary in order to obtain a licence (when introduced) from the Security Industry Authority (SIA) to operate as a Private Investigator in the UK so as to lawfully carry out any surveillance and investigations which involve:-

(i)obtaining information about a particular person or about the activities or whereabouts of a particular person or

(ii)obtaining information about the circumstances in which or means by which property has been lost or damaged

and yet still be complying with the relevant current laws, regulations and codes of practice of UK law.

This flexible learning environment which is in effect a virtual classroom delivers Learning Outcomes (LO) and Assessment Criteria (AC) which are equivalent to the National Occupational Standards (NOS) set by the Skills for Security which already cover licensing of:-

Cash/Valuables in Transit, Security Guards, Guarding, Wheel Clampers, Close Circuit Television (CCTV) Operators and the Close Protection Sector.

The programme covers a wide range of topics such as Police and Criminal Evidence Act, 1984, as amended by The Criminal Justice Act 2003, and The Serious Organised Crime Act 2005, the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (as amended by the Criminal Justice Act 2003), the Computer Misuse Act, the Consumer Credit Act, Sections 67 and 68 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, the Data Protection Act 1998, the Public Interest (Disclosure) Act 1998, the Human Rights Act 1998, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Private Security Industry Act 2001, the Prevention of Corruption Acts 1906 and 1916, the Health and Safety Acts and Regulations, the Civil Procedure Rules 1999, the Criminal Procedure Rules 2005, the Solicitors Conduct Rules 2007 and the SIA Standards of Behaviour. It also covers the difference between Criminal and Civil law and how this impacts on the role of the Professional Investigator, the Private Investigator, the Fraud Investigator and the Precognition Agent (PA). Together with its comprehensive document library, its ‘Ask the Tutor’ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and its Training Requirement Evaluation it prepares the candidate with all the necessary skills and knowledge to sit and pass the externally set and marked on-lineassessment/examination.

The training package with its interactive distance learning facilities, allows learners to study at home or office at their own pace on any PC or portable media device. The training needs of experienced operatives are accounted for by the use of Training Needs Analysis (TNA) and the Training Requirement Evaluation. Learners new to the Industry however can also benefit from this comprehensive learning programme. By using the standards set out by the NPIA and ACPO the training is current and relevant to the SIA requirements and above all nationally recognised. All the competence based learning included in the Guided Learning Hours are designed to allow the e-learning student to sit and pass the examination for the EDI or IQ Level 3 Award for Professional Investigators (QCF) thus becoming eligible for an SIA Private/Professional Investigator (PI) licence when regulation is enacted and also NOS compliant.

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