What is the difference between an Investigator and a Detective?

Practically speaking, none. However, a detective is more traditionally associated with investigating crimes and criminal matters whilst an investigator can be involved in a broad range of general and specialist investigations and enquires.

Why become a private investigator

There are many reasons for becoming a private investigator:

• be your own boss
• become a qualified competent and thorough private investigator
• have an nationally recognised qualification in Level 3 BTEC Advanced Diploma in Private Investigation
• have an interesting and exciting job
• receive respect and admiration from others

together with total job satisfaction to name but a few.

A Unique Opportunity to become an accredited private investigator

You might very well ask yourself, "why don't more people become private investigators?" Well, there's a simple answer - until now, it's been a closed shop! This is because they are not going to share such a good thing with others.

Until the Nationally Recognised, Level 3 BTEC Advanced Diploma in Private Investigation became available, the only way you could get into this business was to persuade an existing private investigator to take you on as a general run-around, pay you peanuts and teach you nothing. Why? Because they are not going to train you to be their competitor, start your own agency down the road and take their client's. This has, unfortunately, happened to many private investigators, they will only employ other private investigators or part-timers who they do not need to train or share their inside secrets with.

Until recently, it has been virtually impossible for the most determined of people to learn the very necessary 'know-how' to get into the investigation business.

What is a Private Investigator or Private Detective

The chances are that you are not quite sure! Most people have gained their knowledge of private investigation from fictional TV series and books which have exaggerated and glamourised the investigation business.

Although much of this is untrue there are few jobs that offer the interest, excitement and job satisfaction of becoming a private investigator.

Reasons For Becoming A Private Investigator

One of the great things about becoming a private investigator is that no two days are ever the same - you could be:

• on a 'stakeout' watching a house or premises in order to film various comings and goings

the next day you could be:

• tailing someone in your car to get evidence for a client
• making enquiries to trace a missing person
• serving court documents on a celebrity
• working for an insurance company investigating a fraudulent claim
• investigating a road traffic accident for a lawyer
• travelling abroad on a foreign assignment

There are many and varied investigations carried out by private detectives involving assignments in criminal, civil and personal matters.

Through the Edexcel BETEC Advanced Private Investigation Level 3 Course you can;

• be your own boss
• become a competent and thorough private investigator
• have an interesting and exciting job
• receive respect and admiration from others

and have a financially rewarding NEW career in private investigation.