The International Association for Identification’s
Certification Program

The International Association for Identification (IAI) has established a certification program in order to identify qualified practitioners working in the various disciplines of forensic science.  These certifications are not available to individuals with no experience or those working outside the field.  The following is an excerpt from the IAI’s Certification Manual: 

The need to identify qualified individuals who can provide essential professional forensic services has long been recognized. In response to this need and to promote ethical and professional practices among its participants, the IAI Certification Program was established to provide a program of certification in the profession of forensic identification, investigation, and scientific examination of physical evidence. In purpose, function and organization, the IAI Certification Boards are thus analogous to the certifying boards of other specialties and scientific fields.

The Certification Boards were established to set the standards and qualifications for those who practice specific disciplines within the forensic sciences; to establish voluntary certification testing of applicants who meet or exceed the training, educational, professional experience requirements set by the specific Certification Board; and to annually review, and if necessary, revise the standards and qualifications, as well as the specific Board’s provisions in the operations manual.

Each course offered by Tri-Tech Forensics has been presented to each of the certification boards applicable to the subject matter of the training.  As new courses are added to our course catalog, these new courses are also submitted to this review.  Upon review, courses meeting the requirements of the respective boards are approved for certification and/or re-certification training credit.  The courses listed on the following table have been approved for the number of hours reflected in the table.  Please refer to the certification manual at the following URL for training requirements of the various boards and further details.    
Certification Boards
BP:  Bloodstain Pattern Analyst Certification              
CS:  Crime Scene Certification             
FW: Footwear Certification             
FA:   Forensic Art Certification    
FP:  Forensic Photography Certification             
FV:  Forensic Video Certification             
LP:  Latent Print Certification             
TP:  Tenprint Fingerprint Certification
IAI Certification Board Approvals
UPDATED 2020
Advanced Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
  • Crime Scene Certification – 40 hours - 09/22/16
 
Advanced CSI: Shooting Scenes Webinar
  • Crime Scene Certification - 6 hours - 02/04/21
    • 3 credits toward Crime Scene Recertification

Advanced Crime Scene Documentation
  • Crime Scene Certification - 20 hours
    • ​The Bloodstain Pattern Documentation course and the Shooting Incident Documentation course have been approved for 20 hours each of certification/re-certification training credit by the IAI Crime Scene Certification Board.
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Advanced Crime Scene Investigations
  • Crime Scene Certification - 24 hours - 05/28/21

Advanced Crime Scene Photography
  • Bloodstain Pattern Certification - 40 hours - 4/26/21
  • Crime Scene Certification Board - 40 Hours - 4/30/21
  • Footwear Certification Board - 28 Hours - 4/27/21 (recertification only)​
  • Forensic Photography Certification/Recertification – 40 hours - 04/25/21

Advanced Crime Scene Reconstruction: Graphics in Analysis
  • Crime Scene Certification - 40 hours - 12/23/19
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Advanced Digital Processing of Evidentiary Photography
  • Crime Scene Certification – 40 hours - 08/31/16
  • Latent Print Certification – 40 hours - 09/21/16
  • Tenprint Fingerprint Certification – 40 hours - 09/03/16
  • Forensic Art Certification – 40 hours - 10/25/16
  • Forensic Video Certification – 40 hours - 11/07/17
  • Forensic Photography Certification – 8 hours - 04/09/18
 
ALS Workshop
  • Crime Scene Certification – 16 hours - 09/06/16
  • Forensic Photography Certification – 16 hours - 10/04/16
  • Forensic Video Certification - 16 hours - 11/07/17
 
Analysis and Documentation of Medical Death Investigations
  • Crime Scene Certification – 40 hours - 4/01/21

Analysis of Distortion in Latent Prints
  • Latent Print Certification – 16 hours - 09/21/16
  • Tenprint Fingerprint Certification – 16 hours - 09/03/16
 
Autopsy and Injury Photography**
  • Crime Scene Certification – 24 hours - 08/31/16
  • Forensic Photography Certification – 24 hours - 10/04/16
  • Forensic Art Certification – 24 hours - 10/25/16
  • Forensic Video Certification – 24 hours - 11/07/17
 
Basic Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
  • Crime Scene Certification – 40 hours - 09/22/16
 
Basic Crime Scene Investigations
  • Crime Scene Certification – 24 hours - 09/29/20
  • Forensic Photography Certification – 8 hours - 04/09/18
 
Basic Crime Scene Investigation Essentials
  • Forensic Photography Certification – 4 hours – 09/20/19

Basic  Crime Scene Photography 
  • Crime Scene Certification - 40 hours - 4/30/21
  • Forensic Photography Certification/Recertification – 40 hours - 04/25/21

Basic Fingerprint Classification and Comparison
  • Latent Print Certification – 40 hours - 09/21/16
  • Tenprint Fingerprint Certification - 40 hours - 09/03/16
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Basic Friction Ridge Analysis
  • Tenprint Fingerprint Certification – 40 hours - 01/23/20
 
Basic Latent Print Development
  • Crime Scene Certification – 8 hours - 09/06/16
  • Latent Print Certification – 8 hours - 09/21/16
 
Basic Latent Print Examiner
  • Latent Print Certification - 40 hours - 09/21/16
  • Tenprint Fingerprint Certification – 40 hours - 09/03/16
 
Basic Metal Detector Operator
  • Crime Scene Certification - 16 hours - 08/06/17

Basic Photography Webinar
  • *Footwear Certification - 8 hours - 7/9/20 (certification only)
  • Forensic Video Certification - 8 hours - 7/20/20
  • Forensic Art Certification - 8 hours - 08/20/20
  • *Crime Scene Certification - 8 hours - 7/14/20 (recertification only)

Basic Sexual Assault Photography Webinar
  •  Forensic Photography Certification - 4 hours - 07/06/20
  • *Crime Scene Certification - 4 hours - 6/18/20 (recertification only)
 
Battlefield Forensics (Sensitive Site Exploitation)
  • Crime Scene Certification - 40 hours - 08/31/16
  • Forensic Photography Certification - 1 hour - 10/04/16
 
Bloody Crime Scenes: From A to Z
  • Crime Scene Certification - 32 hours - 10/10/19

Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Webinar​​
  • Crime Scene Certification - 4 hours (2 credits) - 7/28/20 /recertification only

Bloodstain Pattern Documentation
  • Crime Scene Certification - 20 hours - 11/13/17
  • Forensic Photography Certification - 10 hours - 04/09/18
 
Child Death Investigations
  • Crime Scene Certification - 16 hours - 11/13/17
 
Clandestine Burials: Locating & Excavating Buried Human Remains
  • Crime Scene Certification - 24 hours - 4/30/21

Comprehensive Latent Print Comparison
  • Latent Print Certification- 40 hours - 11/06/17
  • Tenprint Fingerprint Certification - 40 hours - 11/08/17
 
Court Challenges - Avoiding Traps in Fingerprint Testimony​
  • Crime Scene Certification - 2 hours - 6/18/21 
  • Latent Print Certification - 2 hours - 6/23/21

Courtroom Testimony for Fingerprint Examiners
  • Crime Scene Certification - 16 hours - 09/06/16
  • Latent Print Certification - 24 hours - 09/21/16
  • Tenprint Fingerprint Certification - 24 hours - 09/03/16
  • Forensic Video Certification - 24 hours - 11/07/17

​Courtroom Testimony for the Forensic Science Professional 
  • Crime Scene Certification - 24 hours - 03/10/20
  • Latent Print Certification - 24 hours - 01/07/20
  • Footwear Certification - 32 hours - 10/22/20 (recertification only)

Crime Scene Analysis and Reconstruction
  • Crime Scene Certification - 40 hours - 08/31/16
  • Forensic Photography Certification - 10 hours - 10/04/16
 
Crime Scene and Death Scene Photography
  • Crime Scene Certification – 40 hours - 08/31/16
  • Forensic Photography Certification – 40 hours - 10/04/16
  • Forensic Video Certification - 40 hours - 11/07/17
 
Crime Scene Investigations
  • Crime Scene Certification – 40 hours - 11/13/17
  • Forensic Photography Certification – 16 hours - 04/09/18
 
Crime Scene Photography
  • Crime Scene Certification – 40 hours - 08/31/16
  • Forensic Photography Certification – 40 hours - 10/04/16
  • Forensic Video Certification – 40 hours - 11/07/17
  • Latent Print Certification - 40 hours - 06/08/17
 
Crime Scene Metal Detector Operations
  • Crime Scene Certification - 16 hours - 11/01/19

Crime Scene Search Principles and Patterns Webinar
  • *Crime Scene Certification - 3 hours - 6/18/20 (recertification only)

Death Investigations
  • Crime Scene Certification – 40 hours - 11/13/17

Death Scene Investigations - Anthropology
  • Crime Scene Certification – 2 hours - 4/01/21
    • 0.5 credit towards crime scene recertification
 
Detection and Enhancement of Bloodstain Evidence
  • Crime Scene Certification - 24 hours - 10/10/19

Discovering Trace Evidence
  • Crime Scene Certification - 32 hours - 7/20/21

Documentation and Chemical Enhancement of Bloody Crime Scenes
  • Crime Scene Certification – 24 hours - 11/13/17
  • Forensic Photography Certification – 8 hours - 04/09/18
 
Documentation and Recovery of Human Remains
  • Crime Scene Certification – 40 hours - 09/06/16
 
Ethical and Professional Obligations in Forensics
  • Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Certification - 2 hours - 6/17/21
  • Crime Scene Certification - 2 hours - 6/21/21 
  • Forensic Video Certification - 2 hours - 6/21/21
  • Footwear Recertification - 1 hour - 6/18/21 (recetification only)
  • Forensic Art Certification - 2 hours - 6/30/21
  • Latent Print Certification - 2 hours - 6/23/21
  • Tenprint Certification - 2 hours - 6/17/21

Essential Crime Scene Investigations
  • Crime Scene Certification - 40 hours - 09/29/20
  • Forensic Photography Certification – 12 hours – 09/20/19
 
Essential Quality Practices for Latent Print Examiners
  • Latent Print Certification – 40 hours - 08/10/17
  • Tenprint Fingerprint Certification – 40 hours - 11/08/17

Expert Witness Testimony: Advanced Skills for Forensic Professionals
  • Footwear Certification - 8 hours - 08/13/20 (recertification only)
  • Tenprint Fingerprint Certification – 8 hours - 08/13/20
  • Forensic Video Certification - 8 hours - 08/14/20
  • Crime Scene Certification - 8 hours - 08/17/20 (recertification only)
  • Forensic Art Certification - 8 hours - 08/20/20
  • Latent Print Certification/Recertification – 8 hours - 8/19/20
 
Fingerprint Evidence Processing, Collection, & Photography
  • Crime Scene Certification – 40 hours - 09/06/16
  • Latent Print Certification – 40 hours - 09/21/16
  • Forensic Photography Certification – 16 hours - 10/04/16
  • Forensic Video Certification – 40 hours - 11/07/17
 
Fingerprint Photography
  • Crime Scene Certification - 16 hours - 11/08/21
  • Forensic Photography Certification - 16 hours - 11/10/21

Footwear & Tire Track Impression Evidence
  • Crime Scene Certification – 24 hours - 08/31/16
  • Forensic Photography Certification – 15 hours - 10/04/16
  • Forensic Video Certification – 24 hours - 11/07/17
 
Forensic Anthropology for the Crime Scene Investigator
  • Crime Scene Certification – 24 hours - 08/31/16
 
Forensic Low-Light Photography
  • Crime Scene Certification – 24 hours - 08/31/16
  • Forensic Photography Certification – 24 hours - 10/04/16
  • Forensic Video Certification – 24 hours - 11/07/17
 
Forensic Science Courtroom Testimony
  • Crime Scene Certification – 24 hours - 08/31/16
  • Latent Print Certification – 24 hours - 09/21/16
  • Tenprint Fingerprint Certification – 24 hours - 09/03/16
  • Forensic Art Certification – 24 hours - 10/25/16
  • Forensic Video Certification – 24 hours - 11/07/17

Forensic Supervision
  • Latent Print Certification – 5 hours - 05/13/20
  • Forensic Video Certification - 40 hours - 05/27/20 recertification only

Forensic Interpersonal Skills Webinar
  • Latent Print Certification – 2 hours - 05/13/20
  • Forensic Video Certification - 8 hours - 05/27/20 recertification only
  • Forensic Art Certification - 8 hours - 5/13/21

Forensic Professional Skills Webinar
  • Latent Print Certification – 2 hours - 05/13/20
  • Forensic Video Certification - 8 hours - 05/27/20 recertification only
  • Forensic Art Certification - 8 hours - 5/13/21

Forensic Science: Understanding Scientific Protocol Webinar
  • Tenprint Fingerprint Certification – 2 hours - 05/13/20
  • Latent Print Certification – 2 hours - 05/13/20
  • Forensic Art Certification/Recertification – 8 hours - 05/13/20
  • Forensic Video Certification - 2 hours - 05/27/20

Forensic Traffic Crash Scene Photography
  • Forensic Photography Certification - 22 hours - 10/07/19
  • Crime Scene Certification - 32 hours - 10/10/19

Forensic Ultraviolet and Infrared Photography
  • Crime Scene Certification – 24 hours - 11/13/17
  • Forensic Photography Certification – 24 hours - 12/04/17

Forensic Use of Smartphone Applications
  • Crime Scene Certification – 21 hours - 7/20/21
  • Forensic Photography Certification - 7 hours - 9/1/21
 
Full Spectrum and Forensic Light Source Photography
  • Crime Scene Certification – 40 hours - 09/03/16
  • Forensic Photography Certification – 40 hours - 10/04/16
  • Forensic Video Certification – 40 hours - 11/07/17

Fundamentals of Death Investigations Webinar
  • Crime Scene Certification – 12 hours - 07/14/20 (recertification only)

Fundamentals of Crime Scene Photography
  • Crime Scene Certification  - 40 hours - 07/26/21
  • Forensic Photography Certification –  40 hours - 7/26/21

Fundamentals of Crime Scene Sketching
  • Crime Scene Certification –  4 hours - 4/01/21
    • 1 credit towards Crime Scene Recertification
 
Human Osteology, Taphonomy, and Forensic Recovery of Human Remains
  • Crime Scene Certification - 40 hours - 4/30/21

IAI Tenprint Certification Webinar Series – Part 1: Written Examination 
  • ​Tenprint Fingerprint Certification - 6 hours - 11/09/21

IAI Tenprint Certification Webinar Series – Part 2: Comparison Examination 
  • ​Tenprint Fingerprint Certification - 4 hours - 11/09/21

IAI Tenprint Certification Webinar Series – Part 3: Technical Examination 
  • ​Tenprint Fingerprint Certification - 6 hours - 11/09/21

Introduction to Crime Scene Staging Dynamics Webinar
  • Crime Scene Recertification only - 1 credit (2 hours) - 02/12/21

Introduction to Fingerprint Science and Tenprints
  • Tenprint Fingerprint Certification – 40 hours - 11/08/17
  • * Latent Print Certification – 40 hours* - 11/07/17
 
Introduction to Forensic Biology & DNA Analysis
  • Crime Scene Recertification - 2 hours - 12/01/20 (Recertification Only)

Introduction to Forensic Photoshop
  • Crime Scene Certification – 16 hours - 08/31/16
  • Tenprint Fingerprint Certification – 16 hours - 09/03/16
  • Forensic Video Certification – 16 hours - 11/07/17
  • Forensic Photography Certification – 8 hours - 04/09/18
 
Introduction to Investigative Genetic Genealogy
  • Crime Scene Certification - 4 hours - 06/10/21

Investigative Analysis and Crime Scene Reconstruction
  • Crime Scene Certification – 40 hours - 08/31/16
  • Forensic Photography Certification – 10 hours - 10/04/16
 
Investigating Narco Culture and Narco Cults
  • Crime Scene Certification – 24 hours - 09/22/16

Laboratory Photography
  • Crime Scene Certification - 16 hours - 11/4/21
  • Forensic Photography Certification - 16 hours - 11/10/21

Latent Print Sequential Processing and Preservation
  • Latent Print Certification - 40 hours - 09/17/19
  • Tenprint Fingerprint Certification – 40 hours - 09/29/20
  • Crime Scene Certification - 40 horus - 09/29/20

Logical Latent Analysis
  • Latent Print Certification – 16 hours - 09/21/16
  • Tenprint Fingerprint Certification – 16 hours - 09/03/16
 
Math & Physics for Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
  • Crime Scene Certification – 40 hours - 11/13/17
 
Palm Print Search and Comparison Techniques
  • Latent Print Certification – 24 hours - 09/21/16
  • Tenprint Fingerprint Certification – 24 hours - 09/03/16
 
Photographic Documentation of Injuries Using the ALS
  • Crime Scene Certification - 16 hours - 09/03/21

Preparing for the IAI Latent Print Examiner Certification Test
  • Latent Print Certification – 24 hours - 06/08/17
 
Processing Improvised Explosive Devices for Fingerprints
  • Crime Scene Certification – 24 hours - 09/22/16
  • Latent Print Certification – 24 hours - 09/21/16
 
Processing Latent Prints on Bloody and Special Surfaces
  • Latent Print Certification – 24 hours - 11/06/17
  • Crime Scene Certification – 24 hours - 11/13/17
  • Forensic Photography Certification – 8 hours - 04/09/18
 
Processing Latent Prints on Porous and Non-Porous Surfaces
  • Latent Print Certification – 24 hours - 11/06/17
  • Crime Scene Certification – 24 hours - 11/13/17
  • Forensic Photography Certification – 8 hours - 04/09/18
 
Quality Assurance for Latent Print Examiners
  • Latent Print Certification – 40 hours - 08/10/17
  • Tenprint Fingerprint Certification – 40 hours - 11/08/17
 
Ritualistic and Occult Crimes
  • Crime Scene Certification – 32 hours - 08/31/16

Rules of Fingerprint Pattern Classification Webinar
  • Tenprint Fingerprint Certification/recertification - 4 hours - 08/24/20 (2 credits)
  • Latent Print Certification - 4 hours - 09/30/20 (Certification only NOT re-certification)

Sexual Assault Photography
  • Crime Scene Certification – 8 hours - 08/31/16
  • Forensic Photography Certification – 8 hours - 10/04/16
  • Forensic Video Certification – 8 hours - 11/07/17
 
Shooting Incident Documentation (2017)
  • Crime Scene Certification – 20 hours - 11/13/17
 
Shooting Incident Documentation (2018 –Pres.)
  • Crime Scene Certification – 24 hours - 12/19/17
 
Shooting Incident Reconstruction
  • Crime Scene Certification – 40 hours - 09/22/16
  • Forensic Photography Certification – 6 hours - 10/04/16
 
Tenprint Certification Prep
  • Tenprint Fingerprint Certification – 24 hours - 01/23/20

Understanding Bias and Error in Forensics​
  • Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Certification - 6 hours - 6/17/21
  • Footwear Recertification - 6 hours - 6/18/21 (recertification only)
  • Forensic Video Certification – 6 hours - 6/21/21
  • Latent Print Certification - 6 hours - 6/23/21
  • Tenprint Certification - 6 hours - 6/17/21

Verification and Peer Review - Breaking It Down
  • Latent Print Certification - 2 hours - 6/23/21

Video Camcorder Surveillance
  • Forensic Video Certification – 24 hours - 11/07/17
 
 
* Certification only.  Not accepted for recertification credit
** Sayreville, NJ course - July 27-29, 2020 - 21 credit hours, instead of 24 hours, due to classroom availability.
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