About Australian Fraud and Anti-Corruption Academy

The PSP50716 Diploma of Fraud Control aims to provide individuals with the skills and knowledge required to manage, coordinate, and conduct fraud control activities and investigations in Federal, State, and Local Government organizations. This is the minimum level of training or qualification for officials involved in the coordination and management of fraud control (including prevention and detection).

This qualification covers the competencies required by a person responsible for the coordination and conduct of fraud control prevention and detection. It qualifies individuals who apply integrated technical and theoretical concepts in a broad range of contexts to undertake advanced skilled duties in a government fraud control environment.

DEF53122 – Diploma of Digital Forensics has been developed by the Australian Department of Defence to exploit electronic evidence gathered from an operational environment. Specifically designed for exploiting electronic evidence, this course is tailored for students interested in a career in law enforcement, military policing, intelligence, or other regulatory careers.

This online course is designed to qualify individuals who have passed the course, to apply integrated technical and theoretical concepts in a broad range of contexts, allowing them to undertake advanced skilled or paraprofessional work in electronic forensics.

DEF43122 – Certificate IV in Digital Forensics has been developed by the Australian Department of Defence to exploit electronic evidence gathered from an operational environment. Specifically designed for exploiting electronic evidence, this course is tailored for students interested in a career in law enforcement, military policing, intelligence, or other regulatory careers.

This qualification has been designed to provide a package of a defined range of competencies reflecting the workplace responsibilities to present expert evidence in court. No licensing, legislative, or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.

The AFCA Electronic Forensics – Expert Witness Course has been designed for the cyber-security or electronic forensics expert who would like to learn more about how they can provide effective expert evidence to a court. The course is designed to provide knowledge around what an expert witness is, and their role in the Australian court system. In addition, the course will explain how to maximize your effectiveness in court, and beyond.

This course provides the describes the skills and knowledge required to give evidence as a digital forensics’ expert witness in legal proceedings. The unit includes preparation for proceedings, presenting evidence and following up on outcomes of proceedings. Proceedings may be to criminal, coronial, civil or military courts

The AFCA Forensic Photography Course is the only course of its type in Australia and has been designed for professionals who are required to take photographic evidence of a crime scene or regulatory or compliance failure. This course has been specifically designed for students with positions in law enforcement, military policing, intelligence, or other regulatory careers (For example WHS). From learning how to prepare photographic equipment, search a scene and prepare for the shoot, this course will provide students with the skills sets to secure vital photographic evidence in a forensically sound manner. In addition, because the course focuses on the forensics continuum (land, air, sea, maritime), undertaking this course will provide the student with the ability to operate in a range of environments.

PSP40416 – Certificate IV in Government Investigations qualifies an individual to undertake investigations on behalf of government agencies. The qualifications allow for the achievement of occupational specific competencies for those who are involved in the operation of government investigation, with a special focus on meeting the ethical and statutory requirements of the public service. People who need to apply a broad range of specialised knowledge and skills in specific investigations and regulatory compliance situations should consider this course.

In a government investigation environment, where an individual is required to plan, initiate, conduct, and finalize investigations, generalist qualifications cover a wide range of skills.

This course provides comprehensive training on conducting administrative inquiries under the inherent authority of commanders and in accordance with the Defence (Inquiry) Regulations. Participants will learn the essential skills required to investigate incidents or situations, gather and analyze facts, and make informed decisions to address the issue and prevent future occurrences.

This course is designed for warrant officers, officers of the Australian Defence Force (ADF), and certain civilian staff within the Australian Defence Organisation who are tasked with conducting administrative inquiries.