With experts across a range of disciplines and experienced instructional design professionals on staff, we offer customizable training and curriculum development on every level.
We deliver courses online, via instructor, or using a blended learning approach in which students complete preparatory work online before attending classroom- and scenario-based instruction. This approach enables all trainees to acquire the same level of fundamental knowledge and reinforces skills learned.
Our training topics can include:
- Crime scene security management
- Protection of items’ evidentiary value
- Scene documentation
- Evidence collection and inventory
- Packaging and transportation
- Criminal justice ethics
- Digital photography
- Biological evidence screening
- DNA processing and analysis
- Rapid DNA
- Drugs, explosives, and toxicological testing
- Digital evidence collection and protection
- Latent print collection, processing, and
photography - Firearms examination
- Laboratory equipment operation and
maintenance - Courtroom testimony preparation
Realistic Training for Real-World Results | GFJC facilities include immersive scenarios designed to maximize applied learning. Courses can offer a blended learning approach with online sessions, classroom presentation, and hands-on practice, granting students access to specialized laboratories.
Our Place or Yours | Training sessions can be brought to your department or laboratory, held at our training facilities in Largo, Florida, or another FIU campus. Class sizes of up to 50 students can be accommodated on site, and travel logistics can be managed completely for team training.
Added Value | Our department includes instructional and graphic design services so each training package is customizable to your department or agency needs, and can include job aides, field references, and workflow posters.
Sample Training Agendas
Email WorkWithGFJC@fiu.edu to start building your custom course!
Honduras Forensic Analysis Laboratory
Guatemala and Costa Rica DNA Analyst Training
National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Science (IMELCF), Panama
Morocco Scientific Police Laboratory Accreditation
DNA Mixture Interpretation, Thailand
Laboratory Management, Sri Lanka
Rapid DNA, Morocco
Crime Scene Investigation, Uganda
CBRN Forensic Analysis, Tunisia
10-print Examiner Moot Court, Florida
Field Photography, Ft. Liberty NC
Footwear and Tire Tracks Collection, Denver CO
Digital Forensic Examination, Remote
Site Exploitation Training
Full course development with curriculum, field guides, video briefings, and real-world scenarios.
GFJC has been teaching US DoD and partner nations' operators and enablers to recognize, document, collect, protect, and analyze materiels for forensic intelligence exploitation since 2009. Hands-on scenario practice increases proficiency and confidence. Mobile-ready kitting and integration is also available. Our facilities include 360° scenes built to immerse the trainee in realistic circumstances to maximize applied learning. Field equipment and integration, procurement, and full training laboratories are also available.
Our training courses include Micro-Credentialing options; see the full list of badges.
This training is customizable and can be delivered on your team's schedule, in person or online, and via Mobile Training Teams to the location of your choice. For more information on site exploitation training and customization, contact us at WorkWithGFJC@fiu.edu.
Download a sample Biometric and Forensic Intelligence Program of Instruction Syllabus.
DNA Analyst Training Program
We offer the only updated, online DNA analyst course to prepare your laboratory team for casework. This high‐quality course includes the theoretical knowledge base for Forensic Biological Screening and DNA analyst training, originally developed by NFSTC for the National Institute of Justice in 2005, and updated in 2016. Students will have access to the most current, consistent knowledge base to get them up to speed quickly.
We have delivered online and instructor-led DNA training for agencies around the world including the Arizona Department of Public Safety, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Nebraska State Patrol, Washington State Patrol, Kentucky State Police, and Morocco, Thailand, and Guatemala via the U.S. Department of State.
Group rates are available. Contact us at WorkWithGFJC@fiu.edu.
Note: a Certificate of Completion for any of our DNA Analyst online courses will be issued to only those students who participate within the oversight of a Laboratory Supervisor or Technical Leader. Independent, self-directed coursework cannot be graded.
Host a Training
We’ll bring the training to you! It’s more affordable in groups, so why not work with other agencies in your area to host a course? Hosting agency requirements:
- Must agree to work with us to promote and coordinate registration to meet a minimum class size of 10 students.
- Provide an adequate training facility for the size of class desired, with movable chairs and tables
- Provide additional space for scenarios and hands-on activities (if required)
- Provide power and basic audio/visual equipment in the training room
- Agree to receive and hold shipments of materials prior to the course, if needed
We provide:
- All training materials, such as handbooks and hands-on materials
- Instructor(s), travel and lodging
- Access to online training and assessments, if required
Email us at WorkWithGFJC@fiu.edu to see how we can work together to bring training to your area.