Training Information

• Training Method: Face-to-Face (In-Person) Training
• Training Date: Will be scheduled when sufficient pre-registrations are reached.
• Training Duration: 24 Hours (4 Days * 6 Hours)
• Training Location: Bursa Uludağ University Görükle Campus
• Training Process: A WhatsApp group will be created close to the training date and all information will be shared there.
• Training Capacity: Minimum 20, maximum 30 participants. If the minimum number of participants is met in 80 provinces outside Bursa, face-to-face training will be planned in your province. Training is not planned for less than 20 participants, and fees will be refunded. For over 30 applications, a new group will be formed.
• Certificate of Attendance: Granted for attendance of 80% or more.

Important

The training is organized by the Basic Expert Witness Department to support professional development and increase knowledge for those who have at least 5 years of practical experience in their field and meet the qualifications announced in the following link by the Expert Witness Department.

Note: The certificate obtained at the end of the training does not serve as proof of 5 years of practical experience in this field.

Expert Witness Sub-Specialty Qualifications

Training Objective

The purpose of incapacity and loss-of-support training is to equip participants with the knowledge and skills needed to calculate financial compensations arising from bodily injuries and death, often due to work accidents, traffic accidents, or wrongful acts.

• Provides specialization in actuarial calculations and expert witness processes.
• Teaches methods for compensation calculation.
• Develops competence in legal and financial evaluation.
• Targeted for professionals who want to conduct compensation processes fairly, accurately, and accountably.

Training Content

Introduction to Bodily Injuries

• Types of Bodily Injuries
• Loss of support due to death
• Losses arising from incapacity to work

General Principles of Compensation

• Principles of calculation
• Parameters and procedure to follow

Work Accident and Incapacity Concept

• Temporary and permanent incapacity
• Definition of work accident

Elements of Incapacity Compensation

• Degree of incapacity
• Victim’s earnings
• Determination of active-passive periods
• Deductions from compensation

Process of Determining Incapacity Rate

Determination of Earnings for Calculation

• Actual and hypothetical earnings
• Cases of disputed wages

Determination of Remaining Life Span

Deductions from Compensation

• Payments made for fulfillment
• Social security payments, present value calculations
• Fault deductions
• Example calculations

Support and Entitlement

• Concepts of support and entitled persons
• Actual and hypothetical support
• Support periods, share distribution
• Differences in judicial practice

Support Earnings for Calculation

• Earnings during active and passive periods
• Hypothetical earnings and minimum wage

Determination of Support Periods

• Spouse, child, and parent support periods
• Hypothetical support
• Periods to be excluded

Compensation Methods and Reporting

• Progressive annuity calculation
• Fixed-term annuity
• Deductions
• Payments that can be offset
• Sample report reviews

Practical Calculation Workshop

Learning Outcomes

• Ability to correctly calculate work accident and loss-of-support compensation
• Ability to apply methods in compensation calculations
• Ability to prepare reports suitable for judicial requirements
• Ability to write auditable expert witness reports

Important Information

• Certificates are issued to participants with 80% or more attendance.
• Certificates are sent via PTT Cargo after training.
• Address and contact information must be up-to-date.
• For questions: usem@uludag.edu.tr
• Payment is accepted only online.
• No installment option for credit cards.
• Corporate invoice: 0850 840 8543

Note: For participants who register definitively but cannot attend for valid reasons or cancel, fee refunds may take approximately 1 month due to internal processes of the revolving fund management. Please consider this before registering.