IIFES: Introduction

	International Institute of Forensic Engineering Sciences, Inc. Certification Board for Professionals with a Specialty in the Forensic Engineering Sciences
Navigate: ● Introduction ● Code of Ethics and Rules of Professional Conduct ● Certification ● Re-certification ● Trustees ● Contacts ● Links	Introduction: The IIFES (International Institute of Forensic Engineering Sciences, Inc.) is an independent board that certifies professionals with a specialty in the forensic engineering sciences. An IIFES certification indicates that an individual has been determined by his or her peers to be technically competent, forensically experienced, dedicated to ethical work and professionally correct. Certification is only conferred upon individuals who meet the strict criteria established by the IIFES. The applicant's education, professional forensic experience, competence in technical matters and ethics issues, and general knowledge are all considered during a process of peer review, culminating in both written and oral examination. Applicants are additionally required to accept and agree to be bound by the IIFES Code of Ethics and Rules of Professional Conduct in their professional engineering science practice. Forensic engineering science professionals who become certified by the IIFES are awarded a Certificate of Qualification as a Diplomate, IIFES. They are then entitled to represent themselves as being Board Certified by the IIFES and to use the letter designation D-IIFES behind their name. Certifications are in effect for five years and all Diplomates of the IIFES must undergo a re-certification process every five years. Forensic engineering science professionals who become certified by the IIFES include those with degrees in the many traditional engineering disciplines such as mechanical, electrical, civil, industrial, and chemical engineering, etc., along with those in the engineering-related physical sciences including physics, chemistry, metallurgy, geology, meteorology, biomechanics, optics, and computer science, etc. The IIFES has been accredited by the FSAB (Forensic Specialties Accreditation Board), an independent board which was sponsored by the NIJ (National Institute of Justice), the NFSTC (National Forensic Science Technology Center), and the AAFS (American Academy of Forensic Sciences), and is charged with developing and maintaining a process for accrediting organizations that certify individuals in the forensic specialties (see Links) . As part of that organizational hierarchy, the IIFES must continually demonstrate an adequate screening of the forensic engineering science professionals that it certifies and a discipline procedure to act on complaints. For more information on the IIFES: Download the IIFES Information Package here (PDF). Download documents are in *.pdf format. Download Adobe Reader©. Return to Topñ

International Institute of Forensic Engineering Sciences, Inc.

Certification Board for Professionals with a Specialty in the Forensic Engineering Sciences

Navigate:

● Introduction

● Code of Ethics and Rules of Professional Conduct

● Certification

● Re-certification

● Trustees

● Contacts

● Links

Introduction:

The IIFES (International Institute of Forensic Engineering Sciences, Inc.) is an independent board that certifies professionals with a specialty in the forensic engineering sciences. An IIFES certification indicates that an individual has been determined by his or her peers to be technically competent, forensically experienced, dedicated to ethical work and professionally correct.

Certification is only conferred upon individuals who meet the strict criteria established by the IIFES. The applicant's education, professional forensic experience, competence in technical matters and ethics issues, and general knowledge are all considered during a process of peer review, culminating in both written and oral examination. Applicants are additionally required to accept and agree to be bound by the IIFES Code of Ethics and Rules of Professional Conduct in their professional engineering science practice.

Forensic engineering science professionals who become certified by the IIFES are awarded a Certificate of Qualification as a Diplomate, IIFES. They are then entitled to represent themselves as being Board Certified by the IIFES and to use the letter designation D-IIFES behind their name. Certifications are in effect for five years and all Diplomates of the IIFES must undergo a re-certification process every five years.

Forensic engineering science professionals who become certified by the IIFES include those with degrees in the many traditional engineering disciplines such as mechanical, electrical, civil, industrial, and chemical engineering, etc., along with those in the engineering-related physical sciences including physics, chemistry, metallurgy, geology, meteorology, biomechanics, optics, and computer science, etc.

The IIFES has been accredited by the FSAB (Forensic Specialties Accreditation Board), an independent board which was sponsored by the NIJ (National Institute of Justice), the NFSTC (National Forensic Science Technology Center), and the AAFS (American Academy of Forensic Sciences), and is charged with developing and maintaining a process for accrediting organizations that certify individuals in the forensic specialties (see Links) . As part of that organizational hierarchy, the IIFES must continually demonstrate an adequate screening of the forensic engineering science professionals that it certifies and a discipline procedure to act on complaints.

For more information on the IIFES:

Download the IIFES Information Package here (PDF).

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