IAAI-CI study guide
IAAI-CI · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
IAAI-CI® is the Certified Instructor credential of the International Association of Arson Investigators. The IAAI describes it as a certification for instructors who teach fire investigation and related skills, and states that it is built to the NFPA 1041 standard. The association also says instructors from any discipline are welcome to apply, so the candidate pool is not limited to fire service personnel - insurance, legal, engineering, laboratory, and technical instructors can pursue it when their teaching touches fire investigation subject matter. Because the credential is about instruction rather than investigative technique alone, the content areas are instructional: delivery and presentation skills; training evaluation, testing, and records; curriculum and lesson plan development; and safety, professional standards, and instructor ethics. The IAAI-CI study guide has 4 sections and about 1,428 words.
01Instructional Delivery and Presentation Skills
The Instructional Delivery and Presentation Skills domain tests whether you can convert a lesson plan into learning. Items cover adult-learning principles, platform mechanics, questioning technique, demonstration, and adjusting delivery when the audience or setting changes.
346 words, about 2 min02Training Evaluation, Testing, and Records
This domain tests how you judge whether training worked and how you prove it later. Expect items on evaluation levels, test construction, item quality, remediation, test security, and the records an instructor must create and retain.
367 words, about 2 min03Curriculum and Lesson Plan Development
Curriculum and Lesson Plan Development tests whether you can build instruction from a documented performance need rather than from a favorite slide deck. Items cover needs and task analysis, objective writing, sequencing, lesson-plan components, and alignment between objectives and evaluation.
369 words, about 2 min04Safety, Professional Standards, and Instructor Ethics
This domain tests the obligations that come with authority over learners. Items cover practical-evolution safety, the instructor's duty of care, professional standards, honest evaluation, confidentiality, and conflicts of interest.
346 words, about 2 min