Internet Training
This is pending approval from the American Polygraph Association...
This Polygraph Examiner's Course consists of up to 208 hours of intensive internet classroom study and 112 hours of laboratory study done at the Arizona School. Totaling 320 hours. Three times a week for one hour each time, you will speak via telephone with an instructor here at the school, to review the course work you have been studying. The course is designed to provide flexibility to the student and to give them the freedom to advance at their own pace without sacrificing the quality of their education. We ensure that the graduate will be a competent polygraph examiner, equipped with the knowledge necessary to conduct polygraph examinations in a professional and ethical manner. The major subjects taught are as follows:
1. HISTORY OF POLYGRAPH: 8 class hours. A complete history will be presented of the origin and development of the science of detection of deception, including various methods and techniques of the past and present. The history of polygraph schools, scientific research done and how it became related to the profession; as well as the many people who contributed to the advance of polygraph as we know it today.
2. MECHANICS OF INSTRUMENT OPERATION: 10 class hours. A comprehensive study of the instruments used in polygraph. How each component works and the functions each of the components perform. This includes how the polygraph chart is produced and the professional and ethical marking of the chart that is universally accepted.
3. TEST QUESTION CONSTRUCTION: 48 class hours. Instructions and practical exercises on the theory, selection, preparation, and phrasing of the various types of questions used in polygraph.
4. POLYGRAPH TECHNIQUES: 85 class hours. A complete explanation of the nature, purpose, structure and sequence of the various types of polygraph tests administered during polygraph examinations: This includes the Zone Techniques, the MGQT Technique and the Relevant/Irrelevant Technique. A comprehensive study of the psychology and methodology of administering a pre-employment polygraph examination. Learn the technique used and how to construct and ask questions used in this type of examination for Federally-exempted positions.
5. CHART ANALYSIS: 25 class hours. Comprehensive and detailed explanation of the theory of polygraph chart interpretations; methods of comparing the graphic indices of truth and deception; determinant factors that affect polygraph response and steps involved in rendering an accurate opinion of truth or deception. There are practical exercises in chart interpretation conducted in class. Hands-on with Computer Analysis of the Charts. This highly technical program enhances, complements and supplements the examiner's opinion.
6. INTERVIEWING PROCEDURES: 32 class hours of intensive study of pre-test interviewing and post-test interrogation to give the examiner the skills needed for obtaining admissions before the test begins, and/or confessions from a subject found deceptive when examined by means of the polygraph.
7. ETHICS: 6 class hours. Information on the ethical and moral standards required of every professional polygraph examiner, regarding the examiner, examinee, the chart and other interested parties. The use of confidentiality and ethics of submitted oral and written reports.
8. LEGAL ISSUES: 8 class hours. Basic legal matters pertaining to criminal and civil polygraph testing will be given by a qualified guest instructor who knows and understands polygraph and the legal issues involved.
9. PSYCHOLOGY & PHYSIOLOGY : 48 class hours. Lectures in general physiology with specialized instruction in the respiratory, electro dermal, cardiovascular, muscular and nervous systems of the human body as they
relate to the reactions and responses recorded by the polygraph instrument. Education in general psychology with emphasis on human behavior and how different personality disorders may affect the outcome of a polygraph examination.
10. POLYGRAPH SKILLS: 50 class hours. This is hands-on training in the use of the polygraph instrument. Computerized instruments will be utilized. Students will be supervised and critiqued by staff examiners. Simulated and realistic situations will be utilized in professionally equipped polygraph examination rooms.