Polygraph Examiner’s Course

This course provides participants with the knowledge, skills and ability to professionally administer and conduct polygraph examinations.

Overview

This course provides participants with the knowledge, skills and ability to professionally administer and conduct polygraph examinations for government, law enforcement and private purposes, in support of criminal and administrative investigations, and pre-employment / security examinations.

Chief Trainer

Dato’ Akhbar Satar is the Director and Chief Trainer of the Institute of Crime and Criminology & Senior Research Fellow at the ELM Graduate School.

He is a full member of the prestigious American Polygraph Association, and has over 20 years of experience in Polygraph Examination.

To date, Dato’ Akhbar Satar has conducted more than 5000 polygraph tests locally and internationally and has also trained examiners from countries such as Australia, the United States of America, South Africa, Taiwan, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Brunei and Syria.

He is the founder President of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) – Malaysia Chapter, and is currently practising as a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).

Dato’ Akhbar has more than 30 years of investigative experience including over 18 years at the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA). He has held numerous senior management positions, including State ACA Director and Director of Training at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC, previously ACA). In addition, he is member of the American Society of Criminology and member of International Association of Crime Analysts.

Intakes
Registration throughout the year

Duration
Four (4) Months. (Classes on weekends and weekday evenings)

Location
HELP Damansara

Fees (For Malaysian Students)
RM 25,000.00*

*Rebate for HELP Alumni

Course Code
KPT/JPS (N/481/7/0002) (MQA/PA8807) 08/22

Why study Polygraph Examiner’s Course at HELP's ELM Graduate School?

ELM is the acronym for Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Management. It reflects the School's understanding of the multifaceted role of both individuals and organisations that at any one time the trinitarian role of entrepreneurship, leadership and management interplays to create, manage and sustain a business over different phases of its life.

The ELM Framework underlies our philosophy of the ELM Graduate School executive education and the way we teach and learn business in the HELP Group. It synthesises relevant theoretical constructs and integrates them into a practical system of decision-making for ELM. It is a useful tool for facilitating thinking out the right business model and strategy execution.

The ELM approach is used in our teaching and learning in the ELM Graduate School. This is the multi-perspective lens that we use to identify, respond and adapt to education, enterprise and execution.

This unique framework shapes our postgraduate programmes and brings depth and practical value to the knowledge and experience that all our students will no doubt gain.

Programme Overview Test

These are the subjects that you will take as part of the programme.

  • Learning Outcomes

    • At the end of the course, the participants should be able to:

    • Qualify as a professional polygraph examiner.
    • Apply detection techniques to solicit confession and deception.
    • Administer professional examinations with confidence and accuracy.
    • Operate the latest computerized testing instrument and scoring software.

  • Modules

    • History of Polygraph
    • Polygraph: Computerized Instrumentation and Operation
    • Test Question Formulation
    • Polygraph Techniques
    • Physiology
    • Psychology
    • Chart Interpretation
    • Pre-test Interviewing Procedures
    • Post-test Interrogation Techniques
    • Ethical Aspects
    • Legal Aspects relation to Polygraph Science
    • Countermeasures and Examiner Precautions
    • Practical

  • Award of Certificate

    • A Certificate shall be awarded to participants who meet the following requirements

    • Satisfy admission requirements to include evidence of their education;
    • Satisfactory attendance for all modules to accumulate the credit hours needed;
    • Pass all written assessment and two weeks Off Campus Practical requirement; and
    • Meet all financial obligations to HELP University

  • Course Assessment

    • Essay and Multiple Choise Questions – 70%
    • Practical – 30%

You will need to fulfill these entry requirements to join the programme.

  • Entry Requirements

    • Applicants must have:

    • A recognized degree; or
    • A minimum of 5 years working experience in related field
    • Be of good character and reputation
    • No criminal reords

Here are the career pathways for graduates who complete the Polygraph Examiner’s Course programme. The graduates can further their studies and do a postgraduate degree to further unlock more career pathways.

  • For Graduates with a Bachelor's Degree

    • Corporate Consultant
    • Talent
    • Management Consultant
    • Corporate Training (Soft Skills)
    • Human Resource Management
    • Marketing Manager
    • General Administrative
    • Management
    • Conflict Resolution and Mediation Consultant
    • Customer Relationship Manager
    • Advertising and Public Relations Consultant
    • Political Strategist
      Life Coach
    • NGO worker
    • Journalist, Media Reporter or Mass Media Consultant
    • Market Research Consultant
    • Academic Tutor
    • Research Assistant
    • Headhunter

  • For Graduates with a Postgraduate Degree

    • Organisational and Industrial Psychologist
    • Clinical Psychologist
    • Child Psychologist
    • Counsellor
    • Crisis Counsellor
    • Educational Psychologist
    • Forensic Psychologist
    • Academic Lecturer and Researcher
    • Sports Psychologist
    • Ergonomist
    • Neuropsychologist 
    • Neuroscientist