Diploma
This course has been developed in conjunction with Fire and Police agencies in Australasia and the Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC). This course provides accredited training in critical areas of fire investigation.
This qualification is designed for firefighting professionals performing fire investigations which involve a range of activities such as conducting investigations, analysing fire origin and cause and attending judicial hearings. It typically involves the use of specialised equipment, resources and services.
To enter this course, students must be working in a fire investigation role.
To enter this course you must:
Be working in a Fire Investigation role as you will be required to carry out work-based activities to complete the course
AND
Be working in the fire sector, that is, those sections of government departments, statutory authorities or organisations that have responsibility under jurisdictional arrangements for the delivery of firefighting and fire management services.
OR
Be working in the police sector in a policing agency.
OR
Be working in another organisation, either private or public, that requires the fire investigation qualification.
If you are a sponsored student and your workplace is paying for you to study, you must have support from your workplace.
Before undertaking this qualification, candidates working in the fire sector must achieve the following pre-requisite units: