Learn the skills you need to become a Private Investigator - at home, at your own pace with Penn Foster. As a Private Investigator, you'll have an exciting and challenging career. Private Investigators conduct investigations involving missing persons, corporate intelligence, or other fascinating areas. Enjoy the special satisfaction that comes with working as a Private Investigator on an important case. Train quickly and conveniently! You will learn about:

Investigation and reporting techniques

Sources of information and background investigations

Surveillance equipment and techniques

Ethics and professional responsibility for private investigators

And you'll learn it all at home - no classroom needed!

You'll get valuable information about the private investigator's role in civil and criminal litigation, corporate intelligence gathering and espionage, and professional development and employment. It's like having your own personal Private Investigator school. Start a rewarding career in the growing field of Private Investigation. Why take a Private Investigator training program? With the right credentials, you can:

Work for a private investigation or security agency, corporate legal department, or government agency.

Work in insurance fraud investigation, retail security, or corporate security.

Conduct investigations, prepare reports, and testify in court.

Penn Foster's courses are very competitively priced. And with the choice of upfront payment option or low monthly installments, you can afford the course you want. Many courses are also Austudy/Abstudy approved which means that if you qualify, you can apply for financial assistance from the government. Plus, your course may be tax deductible.

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Ashworth College

Private Investigator Course

Do you love adventure? Would you like to be able to locate lawbreakers, find missing persons, catch cheats, protect VIP's, engage in surveillance and more? Are you interested in a serious profession that rewards initiative and skill? If so, Ashworth Career School's convenient home study private investigator training course is for you!

The private investigator training course is a nationally accredited distance learning diploma program, teaching professional-level investigative techniques, including how to tail and watch a suspect without blowing your cover, probe for inconsistencies during an interrogation, follow a paper trail, use your knowledge of body language to determine who is telling the truth, and much more.

In hard-hitting detail, 17 clear, easy-to-follow lessons cover a wide range of practical topics. You'll learn how to handle domestic and corporate matters involving divorce, hidden assets, disability and insurance fraud, missing persons, skip-tracing, background checks, loss prevention, and much more.

The private investigator training course also reveals street-wise tactics for avoiding common surveillance mistakes, conducting computerized data searches, tracking down leads, handling evidence, using special recording devices, and more. Special lessons put you "face to face" with witnesses, suspects, attorneys, informants, and the police, demonstrating how investigators deal with them in the "real world".

This course will help prepare you to join the ranks of real-world detectives, private investigators, security guards, and other investigative professionals. The only prerequisite is your high school diploma. Enjoyable, practical home study training from Ashworth makes private investigator training easy and fun! Request Free Information Package for more information.[ more info ]