What level of education is required to become a document examiner?
There are no government or legal standards required to testify as a document examiner in the United States. However, testifying as an expert witness in the field of document examination totally depends on the judge in the individual court proceedings. The majority of working document examiners have an undergraduate or postgraduate degree. This is not necessarily a requirement for admission into The School of Forensic Document Examination; however, it is often required by certain forensic science organizations as a condition of membership. Membership in one or more of these organizations helps you to establish credibility, but does not necessarily make you a better forensic document examiner. There is no college degree available in forensic document examination from the traditional educational institutions. Most document examiners trained via some type of apprenticeship program or were government trained. The goal of your training is to become a “court-qualified document examiner”. That
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