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Area
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Stage of Development
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Next Steps
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Estimated Launch Date
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Collision Investigation
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Assessors working on development of questions and case study for initial round of assessment
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Assessment under development, pilot planned. (December 2015)
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Pilot: September 2016, role out TBC
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Crime Scene Investigation
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Early stages of development, identification of roles/core competencies. Questionnaire circulated for comment and feedback
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Meeting to discuss full competency model. Work starting to look at developing the framework (December 2015)
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Launched September 2016 now engaged with numerous forces
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CCTV/Image Analysis
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Development of areas of assessment required, establishment of basic CPD framework (initially looking at Installation, retrieval, processing & analysis)
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Smaller Working Groups formed to distil information gathered and disseminate to others.
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Current work is focussed on the development of the generic quality Management system (GQMS) to support STs & SMEs in gaining accreditation to ISO 17025
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BPA
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Distillation of core competencies, establishment of how this may work within accredited laboratories
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On hold
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On Hold
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Forensic Radiography
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Initial discussions of the scope of requirements
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Initial draft of CPCs planned for June 2016. On hold
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On Hold.
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Firearms
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Suite of 4 Certificates drafted:
1. Legal Classification
2. Function Testing
3. GSR analysis
4. Forensic Comparison
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1. Legal Classification
2. Function Testing
Pilot scheme roll out planned (venue TBC)
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Legal Classification and Function Testing ready for pilot. Dates to follow shortly.
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Forensic Explosives
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Review of role descriptors, identification of the core competencies
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Feedback, development of assessment criteria. On hold due to FEL relocation
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On Hold due to relocation (2018)
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Fire Investigation
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Early stages of development, identification of roles/core competencies.
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Second meeting planned September 2016
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Information to follow, pilot planned for late 2017, more information to follow shortly.
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Forensic Gait Analysis & Forensic Podiatry
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FGA WG established, working with CSFS, College of Podiatry and Forensic Science Regulator on development of relevant codes of practice & conduct. This is now in the final stage and will be circulated for consultation in Q2 2018. The last meeting of the FGA WG discussed the recently published Gait Analysis Primer - the group asre in the process of writing a formal response to the authors
Last round of CPC ran in Novemeber 2017 with the aim to look at a further assessment centre late in 2018 (TBC)
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Podiatry event October 2016, followed by Phase 2 in June 2017.
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Work ongoing, contact the CSFS for more details
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