Courses

NIDC’s courses

NIDC offers different courses for employees from the centre’s partner authorities. The in-person courses are aimed at all employees handling ID documents and working with identity control.

Some courses are basic courses where the content will be the same every time. These courses provide the participants with basic, introductory knowledge about the subject. These courses focus on methodology and not on specific documents or other areas of expertise.

Courses in ID document assessment

The basic courses in ID document assessment offer specific tools for recognizing signs of forged or counterfeit documents for both original documents and copies. The courses are based on a combination of theory and practice where the participants can test their skills by examining different travel documents and civil documents with and without equipment.

Courses in facial comparison

The basic course in facial comparison equips the participants to be better at spotting so-called look-alikes. Look-alikes, also known as imposters, are people who use other peoples’ genuine ID documents to travel. The content of the course is based on theory and scientific knowledge of facial comparison combined with practical exercises.

Other training options

Apart from the basic courses, the training team continuously works on developing new relevant courses for NIDC’s partner authorities. Please contact us if you have requests for specific courses that are not included in the current range of courses.