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gsrbritfan	What sort of training or education do you need in your country to... Feb 21 2009, 5:49 PM EST become a forensic investigator/examiner etc? please let us all know as we'd all be really interested to know? Post reply Do you find this valuable? Keyword tags: None
escort_luv	1. RE: What sort of training or education do you need in your country to... Feb 21 2009, 5:54 PM EST i remember my daughter having lots of classes in forensic and anatomy do not remember much after my husband you to just collect the body parts Post reply Do you find this valuable?
phaedon	2. RE: What sort of training or education do you need in your country to... Feb 22 2009, 6:07 AM EST I am not sure but in Greece you must have Master in a science and when a place is empty they hire you.Propably get trained when you are hired for a couple of weeks or something.If you have a Master in a science forensics should be a piece of cake Post reply Do you find this valuable?
gsrbritfan	3. RE: What sort of training or education do you need in your country to... Feb 22 2009, 7:38 AM EST "i remember my daughter having lots of classes in forensic and anatomy do not remember much after my husband you to just collect the body parts" So what was your husbands official job title then please? Post reply Do you find this valuable?
gsrbritfan	4. RE: What sort of training or education do you need in your country to... Feb 22 2009, 7:39 AM EST Does anyone know the qualifications you need to attain in the UK to get into forensics? Post reply Do you find this valuable?
phaedon	5. RE: What sort of training or education do you need in your country to... Feb 24 2009, 12:46 PM EST I am not sure but isn't it called SOCO from Officers ? Perhaps CSIs in UK are officers Post reply Do you find this valuable?
gsrbritfan	6. RE: What sort of training or education do you need in your country to... Feb 24 2009, 2:28 PM EST "I am not sure but isn't it called SOCO from Officers ? Perhaps CSIs in UK are officers" Yes our CSI's in the UK or forensic workers are called 'Scene of crimes officers' (SOCO for short) so they actually have to become a police officer first i think. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
phaedon	7. RE: What sort of training or education do you need in your country to... Feb 26 2009, 1:42 PM EST I don't know but frankly I always hated this system.Some officers are good CSIs but many that just go there because a relative or whatever is on a high level don't know a thing ! In Greece you just have to go to Academy of Sergeants and with a lot of luck you become a CSI! If you choose the science field you will have to finish university,face unemployment and take a Master.And then if you are lucky and there are open positions you get hired ! Either ways they make it look like becoming a SWAT member is easier than becoming a CSI ! Post reply Do you find this valuable?
gsrbritfan	8. RE: What sort of training or education do you need in your country to... Feb 26 2009, 2:18 PM EST "I don't know but frankly I always hated this system.Some officers are good CSIs but many that just go there because a relative or whatever is on a high level don't know a thing ! In Greece you just have to go to Academy of Sergeants and with a lot of luck you become a CSI! If you choose the science field you will have to finish university,face unemployment and take a Master.And then if you are lucky and there are open positions you get hired ! Either ways they make it look like becoming a SWAT member is easier than becoming a CSI !" yeah i've heard that in some countries, but in the UK if you specialize like say in photography in college or Uni then you may find it easier to enter SOCO in the UK i think. but also there is probably the basic Police training they have to do as well. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
phaedon	9. RE: What sort of training or education do you need in your country to... Feb 27 2009, 9:59 AM EST CSIs and Crime Scene Technicians,Photographers have often few commons... :( Post reply Do you find this valuable?
gsrbritfan	10. RE: What sort of training or education do you need in your country to... Feb 27 2009, 12:20 PM EST "CSIs and Crime Scene Technicians,Photographers have often few commons... :(" No perhaps not, but i know someone who was taking a photography course along with other sciences to try to build up a good education package to get into forensics, i've not heard from them in a while so i don't know if they are making any headway with it. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
phaedon	11. RE: What sort of training or education do you need in your country to... Mar 1 2009, 3:23 PM EST \| Post edited: Mar 1 2009, 3:23 PM EST hmm...yeah I am pretty sceptical about this...Photographers should be photographers,computer geeks should be Archies (The guy from CSI),mechanics should be technicians but after all should only scientis be CSIs ? Well Forensics is a science on its own so if a photographer is good at it then he is a good scientist and a good CSI :) Post reply Do you find this valuable?
phaedon	12. RE: What sort of training or education do you need in your country to... Mar 1 2009, 3:25 PM EST \| Post edited: Mar 1 2009, 3:25 PM EST btw,I need to do more research before I post any other pages Post reply Do you find this valuable?
phaedon	13. RE: What sort of training or education do you need in your country to... Mar 17 2009, 1:30 PM EDT "hmm...yeah I am pretty sceptical about this...Photographers should be photographers,computer geeks should be Archies (The guy from CSI),mechanics should be technicians but after all should only scientis be CSIs ? Well Forensics is a science on its own so if a photographer is good at it then he is a good scientist and a good CSI :)" wait a min! Forensic Photographers actually find evidence too! The guy or girl you know is a CSI (!!!) frenzied I want to meet him or her ! Post reply Do you find this valuable?
manrider	14. RE: What sort of training or education do you need in your country to... Jun 15 2009, 8:45 PM EDT Well I wish someone could answer question for me with some sort of know how. I mean, I have worked so hard and I'm almost done with my Bachelor's in Criminal Justice, now it seems I won't be able to be a crime scene investigator. Some say I'm getting it confused with forensic analysts, but it seems that even to be the one collecting evidence from crime scenes in the US you either have to have been a cop, or you need a hard science degree. I wish someone could tell me honestly that I haven't made a mistake. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
phaedon	15. RE: What sort of training or education do you need in your country to. Jun 29 2009, 9:06 AM EDT Well look.In many states in the US they require officer trainining (O_o).I am sure that if you collect about 20 crime lab phones and try asking them if a Cr.Justice degree is enough to work for them,once there will be a blank posiiton they will hire you Post reply Do you find this valuable?

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