Private Investigator (BE)

General

A private investigator (also known as a private detective) is a man or woman who collects and analyzes data, often for the purpose of solving or preventing an unlawful act or crime. It is often thought that a private investigator or private detective should be a former police officer. Nothing could be further from the truth. The most famous detectives often turn out to have a completely different background.

In order to become a private detective in Belgium which is recognized by the Ministry of the Flemish Community (Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap) and by the Flemish Institute for Self-Employed Entrepreneurship (Vlaams Instituut voor het Zelfstandig Ondernemen), you must follow training at a recognized training institute. Depending on the Belgian institute, this training lasts 1 to 2 years. You then have to go to school on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. However, through a training at our institute it is possible to complete this training in just 4 months!

How it works?

The Belgian government has recognized the Dutch Private Investigator ECABO-diploma – by a Royal Decree. This means that if you have the Dutch diploma, you do not have to follow the entire training in Belgium. In that case, you will be exempted from the following modules:

• Socio-psychological education (44 hours)
• Professional training (84 hours)
• Practical exercises (120 hours)

In short, you will receive an exemption for more than 248 hours if you are in possession of the Dutch diploma. In Belgium, you only need to follow the Legal Training module. In that case, you do not have to go to school in Belgium two evenings a week, but you will receive the fully recognized Private Investigator diploma (Prive Detective), just like any other Belgian student who has followed the entire training program. To enable you to obtain the Dutch diploma as quickly as possible, we have developed a 4-day accredited training especially for our Belgian students. You attend classes for four Saturdays, after which you go for the Dutch exam immediately. After you have passed the Dutch exam, we immediately request an exemption for the Belgian lessons. In this way you not only save a lot of time and money, but you also have a Dutch and Belgian recognized diploma. With this diploma you can immediately start working throughout Europe.

During the training you will be taught by qualified private investigators who have more than 15 years of experience. They have worked as detectives on highly controversial cases at home and abroad on behalf of private individuals, law firms and governments. They are still working behind the scenes on current cases around the world. In addition to a Dutch and American diploma, these detectives also have a Belgian diploma so that the lessons perfectly match the lessons that will be provided later in Belgium.