About GATR

Gardiner Associates Training and Research (GATR)

is the UK’s major provider of inter-agency fire investigation training to police and fire authorities. The company ethos is that training should be delivered by people who possess and practice intrinsic skills in the subject areas that they teach. To that end, from its launch in 1996, Gardiner Associates has assembled a multi-disciplined team of practitioners.

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Skills for Justice Awards

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SFJA National Assessment Centre.

We are delighted to announce that GATR/Phoenix Heights has been awarded Approval Centre status by Skills for Justice Awards. This allows us to now offer Level 5 Certificate in Fire Investigation (QCF).

Practically-based qualifications are usually gained via the laborious and lengthy process of building portfolios of testimonies and statements carried out in the workplace; however our qualification consists of streamlined processes of assessment, which are both efficient and cost effective.Practitioner fire investigators can now obtain a formal qualification that testifies to their technical knowledge and practical skills.

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Level 5 Certificate in Fire Investigation

SFJ Awards National Assessment Centre

We are delighted to announce that GATR/Phoenix Heights has been awarded Approval Centre status by SFJ Awards. This allows us to now offer Level 5 Certificate in Fire Investigation (QCF).

Practically-based qualifications are usually gained via the laborious and lengthy process of building portfolios of testimonies and statements carried out in the workplace; however our qualification consists of streamlined processes of assessment, which are both efficient and cost effective.Practitioner fire investigators can now obtain a formal qualification that testifies to their technical knowledge and practical skills.

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Facilities

Since 1995 Gardiner Associates has been providing fire/arson investigation training programmes. In 2000 we began delivering practical courses at the Ministry of Defence Police HQ at Wethersfield, Essex. Within the confines of this former air base, a range of specially constructed compartments enabled fire/arson scene examiners to hone their investigation skills in authentic environments.

In 2010, the opportunity was presented to acquire almost the sole use of land outside the perimeter of the base, where we have constructed a new fire/crime investigation training, test and research facility appropriately named ‘Phoenix Heights’.

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