Training Course in Investigative Skills: Industrial Accidents and Administrative Inquiries
1Summary
An investigation is, at its core, a structured conversation: one person asking another a set of questions to establish what actually happened and why. Police departments run entire divisions around it, questioning people who may have committed an offence — from theft to fraud — or who simply witnessed one, and the same discipline applies just as much inside a company investigating an industrial accident or a workplace incident.
Arab British Fellowship Training Academy built this course for exactly that role: giving participants the legal and administrative skills to investigate industrial accidents properly, establish the facts and evidence before a case ever reaches a court, and carry out the administrative investigation process with the accuracy it demands.
2Objectives and target group
Who Should Attend?
- Directors of institutions and companies.
- Legal staff working in business establishments, and businessmen developing their legal skills.
- Employees working across every type of legal administration.
- Law and legal studies students and graduates from various universities.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Build strong legal capabilities for conducting administrative investigations.
- Carry out administrative investigations into industrial and administrative incidents using sound, defensible methods.
- Manage legal affairs competently and apply best-practice techniques when investigating employees who have made a mistake.
- Question and interview individuals who may have committed an offence — including theft, fraud or other violations.
- Establish the facts, gather evidence and verify the appearance of an offence before referring a case to court.
3Course Content
Module 1: What Administrative Investigation Actually Requires
- Defining administrative investigation and why it matters inside companies and institutions.
- The guarantees that must be in place to protect the integrity of an investigation.
- The conditions and qualities an investigator needs to meet.
Module 2: Running the Investigation Correctly
- The rules and procedures followed during an investigation, and the authorities it falls under.
- The guarantees owed to the person being investigated throughout the process.
Module 3: Industrial Accidents in Focus
- Industrial and administrative accidents, and the specific approach to investigating them.