Could you become a Private Investigator?
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What this job is
A private investigator conducts lawful investigations on behalf of private clients, insurance companies, or legal firms to gather evidence, locate persons, or verify information. They conduct surveillance, interview witnesses, search public records, and compile findings into detailed reports admissible in legal proceedings. Work occurs in field settings, office environments, and courtrooms across Australia, subject to state-based licensing and privacy legislation.
Pay
A$1,818 a week
This is the median for full-time employees who are not managers and are paid at the adult rate, before tax and salary sacrifice. It is a guide to what the work pays, not a wage rate.
Source: ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.
What this role asks for
- Active Listeningcore
- Assist judgecore
- Attention to Detailcore
- Call witnessescore
- Case Note Documentationcore
- Confidentiality and Privacy Compliancecore
- Ensure public safety and securitycore
- Ensure sentence executioncore
- Maintain court ordercore
- Maintain logbookscore
- Manage administrative systemscore
- Problem Solvingcore
- Record Managementcore
- Regulatory and Legislative Awarenesscore
- Report Writingcore
- Research and Analysiscore
- Risk Identificationcore
- Send summonscore
- Verbal Communicationcore
- Verification and Authenticationcore
- Written Communicationcore
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Brief court officials
- Civil law
- Civil process order
- Compile legal documents
- Comply with legal regulations
- Court procedures
- Digital Literacy
- Electronic Document Management
- Incident Reporting
- Investigation research methods
- Legal case management
- Legal research
- Legal Research
- Legal terminology
- Legal Terminology
- Negotiation
- Observe confidentiality
- Professional Boundaries Maintenance
- Record court procedures
- Respond to enquiries
- Stakeholder Communication
- Time Management and Prioritisation