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Certified Accident and Incident Investigator Advanced Practitioner Course

Elevate your HSE expertise in investigative practice with the Certified Accident and Incident Investigator Advanced Practitioner Course (CAIIAP)

In today's dynamic health and safety professional landscape, organisations rely heavily on skilled investigators to navigate complex civil, criminal, and regulatory investigations. However, conducting thorough investigations comes with its challenges -  they can be both financially and temporally intensive. Therefore, ensuring that investigations are conducted to the highest standard is paramount.

Our Professional training in investigative practice is meticulously designed to empower you with the essential skills, knowledge, and procedures required to execute investigations at the pinnacle of best practices. By enrolling in the CAIIAP, you position yourself as a key player in reducing the inherent risks associated with investigations. Moreover, the course instils a standardised approach to investigations, ensuring consistency and excellence in the investigative processes across your organisation.

The next 6-day course confirmed dates:

  • 24-25 September 2024 (2 days)
  • 22-23 October 2024 (2 days)
  • 19 November 2024 (1 day)
  • 03 December 2024 (1 day)

Learning Methods

Virtual
On-Site

Duration

6 days of tutor guided learning

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Delivered by the renowned experts at Bond Solon, the CAIIAP is not just a course; it's an investment in your professional health and safety competence. Priced at £1995 + VAT which includes the cost of the ICA assessment registration, this program delivers unparalleled value by honing your abilities to navigate the intricacies of investigative work efficiently. Elevate your role as a health and safety professional by embracing the CAIIAP and become the beacon of excellence in investigative practice within your organisation.

Learners who undertake the 6 days of training and successfully complete the assessment, will be eligible for the Certified Accident and Incident Investigator Advanced Practitioner Course (CAIIAP) Certificate.
 

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Units

  • Modules 1-4

    Core Investigation Skills

  • Modules 5-8

    Investigative Interviewing

  • Modules 9-10

    Causation, Human Factors and Report Writing

  • Modules 11-12

    Courtroom Skills

Assessments

  • The assessment process includes self reflection exercises. Self-reflection exercises include activities designed to help you introspect and evaluate your thoughts, actions, and experiences.

    These exercises encourage you to consider your personal growth, identify strengths and areas for improvement, and gain deeper insights into your behaviours and decisions.

    The aim of the assessment is to promote self-awareness and continuous learning.

     

     

Course Length

  • 6 days of tutor guided learning. The course also necessitates pre-course and post-course learning activities, along with time for reflection study.

Learning Methods

  • Virtual

    Live-online, engaging and interactive classes

  • On-Site

    Professional HSE training delivered at your premises

Virtual
Virtual
24/09/2024
£1995.00
Virtual
21/01/2025
£1995.00
Virtual
06/05/2025
£1995.00
Prior knowledge of accident and Incident investigation desired but not essential. 
Modules 1-4
Core Investigation Skills
  • Provide participants with a comprehensive overview of how to investigate effectively.
  • Participants will learn the different types of investigation, their role as the investigator and the need to adopt the correct investigative mindset.
  • The need to formulate a clear Investigation Plan supported by a logical investigative strategy
  • The importance of the ‘Golden Hour’ principle during the initial response.
  • Understanding all sources of evidence to help build ‘the big picture’ and ensuring information is assessed objectively and in a structured manner.
  • How to brief senior management whilst investigating.
  • Working with other agencies who may also be investigating the incident.
  • The need to create an investigator’s ‘Policy File’ to show the decisions made and why.
Modules 5-8
Investigative Interviewing
  • Participants will learn the different types of interviews and the core principles of investigative interviewing.
  • The practical need for gaining initial accounts in the immediate aftermath.
  • The PEACE model, questioning skills and the funnelling technique.
  • Management of formal interviews and dealing with union representatives and other support mechanisms.
  • Interviewing role plays to practice techniques.
Modules 9-10
Causation, Human Factors and Report Writing
  • Understanding the difference between cause and blame.
  • Understanding Individual, Job/Workplace and Organisational/Management factors that could have contributed to the incident.
  • Using root-cause analysis theory to combine evidence and indirect human factors to gain an accurate ‘big picture’.
  • Creating a balanced, objective and defensible Investigation report
Modules 11-12
Courtroom Skills
  • Understanding the possible outcomes of an incident and the legal courts/tribunals where the investigator may have to account for their investigation.
  • How the system works.
  • The role of the investigator as a witness
  • The ‘batting order’ of being questioned as a witness
  • Questioning techniques and how to handle them
  • Questioning role plays to practise techniques.
The course does not have an exam but rather an assessment. The assessment process includes self reflection exercises. Self-reflection exercises include activities designed to help you introspect and evaluate your thoughts, actions, and experiences. These exercises encourage you to consider their personal growth, identify strengths and areas for improvement, and gain deeper insights into your behaviours and decisions. The aim of the assessment is to promote self-awareness and continuous learning.
Yes. The CAIIAP course is awarded by the The International Compliance Association (ICA).
Virtual Classroom Public courses: Courses are available on a public basis, which means individuals can book a place on a public open course. The virtual classroom courses are delivered through the TEAM's platform. 

In-house courses: If you have 5 or more colleagues interested in attending the course, Bond Solon are able to deliver the course either through virtual classrooms  or face-to-face on site at a preferred location and on a preferred date.

Discount rates are available for multiple seat purchases.
Yes. Bond Solon is the UK’s leading legal and investigative training organisation for non-lawyers. Since 1992, over 250,000 delegates in the UK and worldwide, have attended their training programmes. They work with a broad range of public and commercial organisations, helping them to ensure that those who have an investigative role adhere to best practice standards. Bond Solon wish learners to have the skills and knowledge required to collect, write and (if necessary) present effective evidence in legal proceedings.

Astutis and Bond Solon are part of Wilmington plc.
The training programe is specifically designed for any Health and Safety investigator who has the knowledge of their investigative sector, but is looking to improve and learn the practical skills that will enable them to conduct investigations to a higher standard.

The courses are suitable for:

• Any personnel with a regulatory, fact finding, investigative, enforcement and/or
prosecution role within their organisation
• New investigators
• Experienced investigators
Numerous organisations employ investigators to carry out a range of civil, criminal and/or regulatory investigations. Investigations can be both costly and time consuming and it is essential that they are carried out to the required standard.
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A range of comprehensive training courses and qualifications designed by Bond Solon specifically for personnel with investigative roles to enable them to carry out their work to best practice standards.

Bond Solon training courses blend both theory and practical application. Learners will acquire the necessary knowledge and then have the opportunity to practically apply the skills on the course, enabling them to ‘learn by doing’. All Bond Solon in-house courses are specifically tailored to meet the needs of the learners and the business objectives of the organisation. Bond Solon will devise relevant case study materials for use in practical exercises on the courses.

Benefits Of Staff Training At Your Organisation

Cost and time saving benefits for larger number of staff.
Your own dedicated account manager to organise all aspects of your training.
Relevant training for your staff can be tailored to company requests.
Choice and convenience of training delivery options to suit your staff.

Whats The Best Way For My Staff To Learn?

Dependent on staff availability, location, budget and your company needs, choose from the options:

Online - Our interactive and multimedia rich courses for staff to fit in around their commitments

Classroom - Expert tutor-led delivery, hosted in a professional training environment across 6-sites within the UK. Alternatively classroom training can be delivered on-site at your premises for multiple learners.

Virtual - The Virtual Learning Academy is the most modern approach to delivering live-online training without the need to travel

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