PhotoModeler Collision Training Courses

Training Courses for Collision Investigation will be conducted online and led live by a PhotoModeler expert instructor. They are full time (approx. 8 hours a day), and last four days.  The courses will cover all of the award-winning PhotoModeler features that make it a valuable measurement tool in the reconstructionist’s toolbox. You will be running a real copy of PhotoModeler on a virtual platform and will have instructor guidance just as if you were in-person.

The next scheduled dates for this course are Sept. 21 to 24, 2020. The daily schedule will be 9 am to 5 pm Central Time, but we can modify if all students are from one time zone. The cost is $745.

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The course is certified for ACTAR CEUs. Key topics include, but are not limited to:

  • photography techniques
  • scene diagramming and mapping from photos
  • scene and crush measurements
  • evaluating the accuracy and developing standard operating procedures
  • exporting to a CAD package for further enhancement and diagramming
  • measurements from single photos and/or photos from unknown cameras
  • photo-realistic surfacing for visualizations and rendering
  • nighttime photography and the use of sub-pixel marked, retro-reflective targets
  • orthophoto and rectified-photo generation
  • admission of photogrammetry and PhotoModeler into court
  • Standard and Premium product additions and differences
  • use of drones and UAV in accident reconstruction
  • uav flight planning & ground control points

 

Participants will complete many practical examples and finish with a field project that will have them work the project from the beginning (photography) to the end (CAD export). After completing the course, attendees can expect to be comfortable in using PhotoModeler and methods of photographing vehicles and collision scenes for this purpose. Attendees will receive a certificate to indicate that they have proven a base knowledge of PhotoModeler and have the expertise to properly complete measurement projects.

Course Requirements

The requirements for the new virtual training platform are a modern computer with a high-speed reliable internet connection. We also highly recommend you have a digital camera for the assignments. A mobile phone camera can do in a pinch, but they may not be as reliable.

Also, note that these courses are run like in-person courses in that you will attend for a full 8 hour day with full attention and little distraction. You won’t be in a classroom but it would be best if you can set yourself up at home or the office as if you were. There will be breaks during the day, and the number of days depends on the course (this one is 4 days).

Course Leaders

Our course instructors are Dan Mills, a trained collision reconstructionist who has used PhotoModeler extensively while working with national transport authorities, and Tod Whitfield who has thirty-one years as a police officer, finishing his career as a forensic specialist and Sergeant in charge of the lab for the Toronto Police Forensics Unit.

ACTAR Credits

Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction (ACTAR) has approved the PhotoModeler courses for CEUs for accident reconstructionist members. After the course is complete, PhotoModeler Technologies will submit the proper documentation to ACTAR, and CEUs will be credited to the practitioner’s training account. The CEUs are:

  • PhotoModeler for Collision Investigation – 3 Day: 24 CEUs
  • PhotoModeler for Collision Investigation – 4 Day: 32 CEUs