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Private Detectives and Investigators

Law and Crime

  • Average Salary

    RM2629 - RM 10129

  • Career Trends

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  • Compability

What is Private Detectives and Investigators?

Gather, analyze, compile and report information regarding individuals or organizations to clients, or detect occurrences of unlawful acts or infractions of rules in private establishment.

Minimum education level

 

PT3

SPM

STPM

Diploma

Degree

Average Salary

RM2629 - RM 10129

Example of a Job Position

Asset Protection Detective
Field Investigator
Investigator
Loss Prevention Agent
Loss Prevention Associate
Loss Prevention Detective
Loss Prevention Investigator
Loss Prevention Officer
Private Investigator
Special Investigator

Task

? Write reports or case summaries to document investigations ? Conduct private investigations on a paid basis ? Search computer databases, credit reports, public records, tax or legal filings, or other resources to locate persons or to compile information for investigations ? Conduct personal background investigations, such as pre-employment checks, to obtain information about an individual's character, financial status, or personal history ? Expose fraudulent insurance claims or stolen funds

Knowledge

Administrative

Knowledge of administrative procedures and systems, such as managing words, managing documents and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

Customer and Personal Services

Knowledge of principles and processes to provide services for customers and personal. This includes assessing customer needs, meeting service quality standards, and evaluating customer satisfaction.

Computers and Electronics

Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

English

Knowledge of the structure and content of English, including the meaning and spelling of each word, composition rules, and grammar.

Law and Governance

Knowledge of laws, legal rules, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, institutional rules, and democratic political processes.

Skills

Talking

Talk to others to convey information effectively

Complex Problem Solving

Identify complex problems and review related information in order to develop and evaluate options and solutions that can be applied.

Critical Thinking

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to the problems handled

Reading Understanding

Understand sentences and paragraphs written in work documents.

Capability

  • 1

    Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

  • 2

    Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences

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