Services
Polygraph examinations can be conducted anywhere in Southern Africa (including Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe)
Alternatively, examinees can be brought to our offices in Fourways where we regularly conduct polygraph examinations in a quiet and security controlled area
Specific Issue Polygraph Test (Theft, fraud, assault, etc.)
Criminal investigation is one of the major fields in which polygraph tests are employed to detect lying. Polygraph tests are useful not only to identify the criminals who might try to deceive the legal systems, but it will also be helpful for providing justice to several innocent victims. Another important industrial application of polygraph tests according to Walczyk et.al. (2005) is to discover employee thefts. Employee theft is a growing concern for organizations as it tends to cause the firms huge burden.
Labour Related Polygraph Testing (Pre-employment, pre-promotion, annual screening / periodic)
Industrial or business application is an important use of polygraph tests. They can contribute significantly in enhancing organizational effectiveness. Selecting candidates with the right skills and experience as well as promoting employee honesty in the workplace are important aspects of effective and successful organizations. However, in recruitment, the job applicants may not be truthful on their job applications. They might dishonestly claim possessing the relevant skills and experience in order to qualify for employment (Walczyk, Schwartz, Clifton, Adams & et.al. 2005). Walczyk, et.al. (2005) noted that if firms failed to identify such falsified or dishonest applicants, it might cost them significantly. Dishonest job applications are extremely expensive to organizations as it might lead to considerable waste of investment such as time and money for recruitment.
Criminal Record Check
Employers have become increasingly aware of the importance of knowing if an applicant has a criminal record. Employers have a legal duty to make reasonable inquiries about who they hire, and to provide a safe workplace. An employer who hires a person with a criminal record can be found liable for negligent hiring where the hiring decision results in harm, and it could have been avoided by a simple criminal record check. Checking criminal records demonstrates Due Diligence and is also an important preventative measure to protect against workplace violence.
ITC Credit Check (Credit Bureau)
The National Credit Act (NCA) makes provision for employers to check a candidate’s credit status when they are applying for a job that requires trust and honesty.
Assessing a candidate’s financial situation enables the employer to determine aspects of that person’s character, their personal context at the time of screening, and how that character and context will influence their performance at work. An irregular credit report can highlight a person’s overall lack of responsibility, such as missed payments, a bankruptcy, or multiple judgements.
Identity Verification
Identity verification, as part of the pre-employment process, ensures a person applying for a position in your organization is in fact who he or she claims to be.
Infidelity Testing
Testifying as an expert witness at Disciplinary Hearings, Labour Courts(CCMA) & Criminal Courts
Arrests
Some Testing Guidelines
Before meeting with the examinee, the polygraph examiner and the investigator, or client, will discuss the merits of the case to give the examiner some background. The examiner, together with the investigator, or client, will then formulate the ‘Relevant Questions’, which are the target test questions. The target test questions, or ‘Relevant Questions’, have to conform to very strict regulations and to the science behind the psychology of the polygraph. Polygraph examinations take approximately one to one and a half hour per test. The room in which the test will be conducted must be clear of noise (audible and visible). The examinee must be well rested and in good health. It is important to note that a polygraph examination can only be conducted after signed consent is received from the examinee. The examinee has the right to refuse testing. The examination consists of four parts; it first starts with an introduction during which the rights of the examinee are explained and consent is obtained; that follows with a pre-test interview with the examinee in order to build the psychological set in the mind of the person that is about to be tested; following that, the in-test phase will commence in which test data will be recorded when presented with the stimuli in the form of several test questions using the Lafayette Computerized Polygraph System. Data will be analyzed and scored during this phase. After this, the post-test phase will commence in which the examiner may ask the examinee any clarifying questions. Results will be made available within 24 hours of testing. We use the latest in techniques and our equipment are regularly checked for accuracy.