How To Get A Private Investigations Job

By Lelia Hall


One of the coolest jobs is being a private investigator or detective. Their primary function is to make investigations from law cases. They are often under the employment of private or public attorneys especially for civil cases. This job is the closest one can get to living the kind of life Sherlock Holmes had.

If you want to become a detective, you need to be licensed. There are private investigations Oregon certifications which you can attend. But first, you have to meet the requirements, which is the first standard procedure in obtaining a private eye license in the city of Oregon.

DPSST or the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training has the authority to make, revise, or add guidelines to the standards in accepting new private investigators in their association. This government body makes it a point that personal, accidents, crimes, property, and many other files are examined and collected. In addition, they have the power to take away the license of a professional who has breached or violated some of their guidelines and ethical policies.

In order to become a private investigator, one has to be a US citizen, at least eighteen years of age, and has an experience in the field for a minimum of one thousand five hundred hours or a training and education equivalent to at least five hundred hours. If you fall on all of these categories, you are very much qualified for the license. You can then proceed to collecting your paper requirements.

If you qualify for the first two requirements but not for the last two, you need to get a job related to investigation. You can apply as an apprentice for a professional investigator. For those aspirants who have a Criminal Justice degree, they are qualified as long as they can provide the needed requirements both tangible and intangible ones.

Once you already have these qualifications, start completing the needed requirements to complete your application. There is a seventy nine dollar fee for the background check and examination. Active military members are exempted. You also need to secure an application, letters of reference, finger print specimen, two pictures, and a resume complete with educational background, personal information, work experiences, and other relevant fields.

The next step is to submit your application. There are requisite fees like the exam and background check fee which costs seventy nine dollars and a license fee of five hundred dollars. Exempted from the payment are applicants who are active in the military. A filled out application, reference letters from three professionals, finger print specimen, two recent pictures, and CV are also included in the application requirements.

There are also fees for insurance which costs five thousand dollars in total. A Professional Code of Ethics is also needed. The next step is to take the examination. As soon as you can pass the test, you will be given a license which is valid for a period of two years. You can join associations or apply directly to investigation firms.

You need to prepare for the life that you want. This can be dangerous as well especially if you are dealing with a very sensitive case. But if you really want this, be careful all the time. In addition, if you love what you are doing, you will always find ways to complete your mission even if it costs you your life.




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