Program Goals and Outcomes

Private Investigator Training Goals and Outcomes

Our Private Investigator Training can help prepare students to take the first steps toward a career as a private investigator. Graduates can find job opportunities with investigation agencies, insurance companies, large corporations, or even start their own private investigation firm.

Private Investigator

Career Diploma 2 months As low as $69/mo

Full Program Overview

1-800-275-4410 (9AM - 9PM EST)

Program Goal

To prepare students to gain entry-level employment in an investigative agency as a private investigator.

Upon completion of the program, students will be able to...

Recognize the career opportunities that exist for private investigators, including how to become a licensed investigator and set up, manage, and market a private investigation business
Explain different types of laws and the steps of the legal system, including Constitutional amendments, U.S. Supreme Court decisions, and court-related issues for private investigators
Describe the elements of effective communication and its role in private investigation practice, including various methods of reporting investigative findings to clients
Recognize available information sources, including using the computer, and explain how to access various records and information sources that can assist in an investigation
Identify various methods and sources used to locate people and conduct various types of background investigations for clients
Explain how observations, descriptions, and surveillance are used in investigations, and develop a systematic method for applying concepts that make an investigation successful
Name equipment used by private investigators, including operational, surveillance, evidence collection, and safety equipment
Recognize the proper methods for obtaining, recording, preserving, and analyzing evidence; explain the role of expert witnesses
List the steps taken to conduct an undercover investigation, and describe techniques used in undercover work
Explain methods of competitive intelligence collection and corporate espionage, and describe counterintelligence measures
Describe the relationship between homeland security and the private investigator
Identify procedures and techniques of conducting interviews and interrogations, including legal considerations, fingerprinting, document examination, and polygraph testing
Recognize the development of firearms, and describe safety practices and legal issues concerning firearms
Recognize the skills and techniques necessary to providing protection services, such as executive and bodyguard protection
Describe how retail security can help businesses curb various types of theft and fraud