1.1 ,This practice provides foundational requirements for the training, continuing education, and professional development of forensic science practitioners to include training criteria toward competency, documentation, and implementation of training, and continuous professional development. This information is intended for forensic science service providers to help establish a training framework with program structure and content, for forensic science practitioners as they acquire and maintain their knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs), and for training programs to manage and support the continuous development of their employees.