Trauma & Crime Scene Technician

Dates: September 21 – 22, 2026
Time: 10:00am to 6:00pm EST
Location: Virtual Course Delivered via Live Stream
$595.00 + tax

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Course length: 2 days, 14 IICRC CEC credits available

This 2-day IICRC Trauma and Crime Scene Technician (TCST) course is one the most impactful, meaningful classes offered in a certification category. Unfortunate situations happen, and it’s important as professionals that we are prepared for these losses. Crime and Trauma Scene Technicians have a very difficult job. It’s not just about “cleaning”; it’s about ensuring the site is safe and prepared to reoccupy. It’s about decontaminating surfaces to ensure there are no additional risks or hazards that may continue to impact or harm people. It’s about people.

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This (TCST) certified IICRC Trauma and Crime Scene Technician course is designed to train you mentally and physically how to deal with a trauma or crime scene in a professional, caring manner in accordance with the outlined standards and guidelines available today.

Attendees who complete the course will acquire the necessary skills and knowledge required to properly evaluate, clean and decontaminate a site following a human trauma or crime scene event. Learn how to manage these unique situations encountered when performing trauma and crime scene services based on the current industry standard. Learn how to apply and integrate the ANSI/IICRC S540 Standard into your practices and procedures. Learn how to inspect and investigate potentially infectious materials and establish hazard assessments, work plans, and procedures for cleaning and safe transportation of contaminated material.

Additional Learning includes:

  • Communication and how to demonstrate compassion
  • 8 general principles to manage blood and OPIM
  • Inspection and job site completion, conduct and checklists
  • Managing cross contamination
  • Performing a hazard assessment
  • Medical vs regulated waste
  • Work practice controls
  • Personal protective equipment
  • Managing psychological hazards
  • Sampling technology
  • Managing contents
  • Odour management
  • Structural decontamination
  • Orientation to regulations
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Attendees Will Learn

  • Decontamination techniques
  • Mental preparedness to handle sensitive situations
  • Managing gross filth
  • Site preparation
  • Use of Personal Protective Equipment
  • How to recognize hazards
  • Decontamination & clean up techniques
  • Disposal techniques and requirements
  • Industry Standards and how to apply them
  • Surface staining removal
  • Phone protocols
  • Step by Step process to creating effective procedures
  • Products to use and ones to avoid
  • Setting customer expectations
The certification demonstrates knowledge of the various procedures and precautions taken when performing work at a trauma or crime scene and is based on the ANSI/IICRC S540 Standard for Trauma and Crime Scene Cleanup. Upon achieving the certification (if you choose to take the exam and achieve a grade of 75% or higher), you demonstrate you know how to inspect and investigate jobs and losses related to human blood and other potentially infectious material (OPIM) contamination. This course entails how to conduct and establish hazard assessments, work plans, and procedures for cleaning and safely transporting contaminated material from the site safely. It is also important in your learning experience to have some awareness of odour control & management, necessary tools & equipment, chemical options and their safe applications. Decontamination is key, to be effective in Trauma and Crime Scenes. Immediate action must be taken to manage safety and of course how to work with emotional challenges both personally and professionally when participating in this work on these losses. Learn the science behind what techniques, chemicals and tools support your efficiencies on these losses. Do this work with pride and confidence!

Missed surface decontamination and odours are the #1 reasons for call backs and lost profits!

Why take this certified (TCST) IICRC Trauma and Crime Scene Technician training? Simple – to have answers to common related trauma and crime scene issues, offer expertise and services to remove offensive blood spatter, staining, pathogens and objectionable odours. Having additional training in this subject on trauma and crime scenes and be confident in your site management. This is a great add on to your current service offerings with customers that have suffered a loss or need decontamination and odours managed in their homes or buildings. This TCST course helps technicians and project managers including businesses and staff, whether you are in water or fire restoration, carpet or upholstery cleaning, insurance adjusting or a project management, having and applying this knowledge matters! It can make a job move ahead or hold things back if the customer believes the job is not completed based on the way something looks or smells. On these types of Trauma and Crime Scene losses, missed surface decontamination and odours are the #1 reasons for call backs and lost profits! This TCST IICRC certification class is rooted in the industries leading certification hub through our rigorous standards and best practices. Preliminary site management will ensure a more productive work force in losses impacted by a Crime or Trauma Scene. This (TCST) certified IICRC Trauma and Crime Scene Technician course will leave you in action.

This (TCST) certified IICRC Trauma and Crime Scene Technician course promises to engage not only the new technician but also the seasoned veteran including those in project management, insurance adjusting professionals, supervisory teams and ownership in current up to date removal techniques that are proven to:

  • Remove and manage surface staining
  • Odours at their source
  • How to improve decontamination and cleaning efficiencies to remove residues causing contamination

Learn how to increase profits through labour efficiencies on crime and trauma scene projects as well as matching the procedure to the source with this two-day TCST training course.

Not only does this course address the concerns of safety and application of standards but it also addresses contamination and scene visualization that plagues most contractors, but also prepares the insurance restoration contractor for handling problems such as customer interaction, signing authorizations, managing documentation, contents salvage determination and decontamination, as well as death and trauma claim odours.

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While this course is very detailed and comprehensive, it is also graphic (to demonstrate techniques), which may not be for everyone.