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Program Overview

The International
School of Forensic Document Examination
training, apprenticeship, and career development program

Finally, you can train to become a Forensic Document Examiner and Court-Qualified Expert Witness. Our new program will teach you the methods step-by-step to turn your new valuable skill into a lucrative full or part-time business.

Dear Friend,

After years of pleading and begging from our "handwriting analysis" students, we have assembled the country's only comprehensive A-Z forensic document examination training, apprenticeship, expert witness, and career building program.

An expert witness is often the key to winning or losing a case with hundreds of thousands of dollars on the line. Attorneys and victims of forgeries are lining up to pay. There is a shortage of qualified document examiners. Because of the ever-increasing demand of fraud and the literal "dying off" of the older previous generation of forensic examiners, the examiners in this industry often get fees of $2,000 or more to evaluate a single forged document in the USA.

However, if you have ever attempted investigating how to become a forgery expert, you have found that training is very hard to come by. In fact, because the industry is so lucrative... most of today's working examiners actively disuade you from pursuing this career and will not offer you training or apprenticehips.

Bart Baggett

There is a shortage of independend qualified document examiners worldwide. Before this school was founded in 2004, experts were trained in a very informal way. They had a very long list of conferences, books, lectures attended, and informal training from others in the field. Occasionally, you will find an x-FBI or CIA employee with actual governmet training using the most expensive government equipment. The truth is... 99% of the cases you will take won't need expensive equipment (ESDA machines, carbon dating, ultra violet light, etc.)

Most professional organizations demand that new examiners have some form of a 2-Year apprenticeship program in a working examiner lab. Therefore, we have created such a program so you can get trained through a formal educational curriculum and an apprenticeship program.

Until this school, you could not receive training in this industry with working for free in someone's forensic office for 2-3 years. Now, you can get paid while you learn and train.

Up until the creation of the International School, there has never been a formal institutional A-Z training course in forensic document examination that combines an apprenticeship training program, a home study course, and a career building partnership program.

What we have created is both amazing and we have over 15 years results.

Our school is the first of it's kind... a hybrid of an apprentice program and a textbook based distance learning program which covers all the scientific forensic foundations, plus gives you a headstart in starting your own business, too.

We have assembled 6 intense modules of lectures, tele-classes, textbooks, tests marketing knowledge, live lectures, live tutoring, and hands-on real case studies. It is truly a comprehensive program that turns your interest into a lucrative career helping people solve problems.

Bart

The results are simple to explain.

During our 6 module program, you will learn how to spot even the most finely crafted forgery using the known samples and the questioned document. Plus, you will be able to give valuable advice to your client on the process and legal challenges he or she might face during his trial using this type of forensic evidence.

This scientific process will set you apart in the courtroom and as a consultant to attorneys and clients nationwide. What's more, in module 5 and your on-the-job apprenticeship program, you learn the ins-and-outs of the day to day business and start to build your personal brand. The program is comprehensive and you learn by solving real cases.

What this program is not:

This is not just a book. (You will be assigned textbooks to read as part of the course. These textbooks are invaluable and many test are based on the knowledge within. But, the course is much more than what you can read in a book.)

This is not cheap online video where you watch a few videos and take a test. (Yes, there are dozens of compelling lectures from the forensic world's most brilliant minds that you can download and listen to over and over. But, this course is more than listening and watching videos... you must work real cases and get consistent results!)

This is not a simple course where you mail a few multiple choice tests to an unknown test grader and get a certificate in the mail. (Yes you have tests, yes they are graded, and yes you get a certificate... but your tests are interactive and some are verbal with your instructor. You can't slip through the cracks. )

This is not a get-rich-quick scheme where you are promised easy money. It is a school that teaches you a specific trade skill. You will have the ability and know-how to earn hundreds of dollars per hour with your new profession, and our staff will help to guide you toward your career goals. If you apply yourself and follow the business model, you will succeed. Bart Baggett charges $650 per hour and averages about $1400 per case. Even lesser experience document examiners routinely get $250 and hour for their expertise.

Classes are held a few times a month on ZOOM video featuring one of our esteemd faculty members or guest speakers. All "live" classes are recorded, so that you can watch later if you miss a class. You can watch to the class via the Internet and on your mobile phone. You will also examine real-life "questioned document" cases, make a determination on the authenticity, and submit your findings.

Plus, once you are sufficiently trained in the basics, you can begin the apprenticeship program, where you will handle an "active client case" and work side-by-side with a faculty mentor to solve cases. You will not only gain experience in solving "live cases" to build your resume, but you will also be paid a percentage of the revenue while you learn.

How much money can you earn?

Like any school or training facility, we cannot make any guarantees on the income you will earn after graduation. We know, however, that there is ample demand for professionals in this field. Prices for document examining range from a few hundred dollars, to over $6000 for a larger more complicated case.

Recent advertised positions for full-time county/city document examiners ranged from $66,000 to over $90,000 per year. However, independent examiners we have personal knowledge of are making anywhere between $5000- $23,000 a month in revenue from court fees, examination fees, and depositions. Your results will vary depending on many factors, including the city and country you are working in.

Bob Baier, one of most successful graduates, is routinely paid $995 to analyze just one document, and has consistently earned over six figures per year. Are you going to be one of success stories?

Your annual income will depend on how many cases you examine. Our program also includes detailed marketing and business administration classes which will reveal easy-to-follow, successful models for marketing your skills, recruiting new clients, and managing your career. In fact, if you are in the USA or Canada... we will do the initial marketing for you.

What is an good education really worth?

A college degree from a private institution can cost upwards of $200,000 these days in the USA. However, students at many Liberal Arts colleges often have no marketable skills upon graduation. Bart graduated from Pepperdine University with a degree in Business Administration, but not really any marketable skills. No, they didn't teach him handwriting analysis at Pepperdine. He learned that from an apprentice / mentor relationship in the same time period.

Above is pictured Pepperdine University, where Bart Baggett graduated with a degree in Business. As much fun as college was, it didn't provide me a specific marketable skill to earn me $3000 a day... but look at the view!

When you graduate from our training program, you will have already worked (and been paid) as a professional Document Examiner.

I tell you this so you realize we are not offering you a textbook and a fill-in-the-blank home study test.

This is not a $999 home study course where you watch a box of videos and read a book. This is an intensive mult-year program where you will walk away with a new skill that can bring income for the remainder of your life. Some document examiners work well into their golden years... so it is a skill you can always fall back on. What skill can you think of where the older you get, the more they respect your opinion and want to pay you? This professional is full of people working in their 60's, 70's, and even 80's.

To help make the cost of the program manageable, some students accepted into our program will qualify for financing through a third party lender. Remember, you probably will earn money through the apprenticeship program during your training, which can help to offset the cost of the advertising, fees, and ongoing tuition.

To apply for the program through, just complete the required online applicaiton and schedule and interview.

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