WHAT YOU NEED TO BE A PROFILER
Consulting: Facts and Trends a google site has posted the following steps to become a profiler in the USA.

" The FBI doesn't actually have employees with the job title profiler.

2. Special agents at the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC) at Quantico, Virginia do, however, construct profiles of unknown offenders. They also provide case management advice, threat assessments and interviewing strategies to law enforcement agencies both home and abroad.
3. You cannot simply apply to the FBI and immediately become a NCAVC agent. A basic requirement is three years service as a FBI special agent. However, such is the competition for places, successful candidates tend to have up to 10 years of service behind them along with experience investigating violent and sexual crimes and abductions.

4. In terms of educational requirements an advanced degree in a Behavioral or Forensic Science is often listed as preferred qualification.

5. It is possible to work at the NCAVC without being a special agent. these professional support positions include Intelligence Research Specialists, Violent Crime Resource Specialists, and Crime Analysts. These are essentially research positions so an in-depth knowledge of research methodology, data collection and analysis is required.

6. Whether you are applying to become a NCAVC agent or a research specialist you can expect to have complete a range of written and psychometric tests.

7. So you still want to be a criminal profiler? Good for you, but bear in mind that very few people get to do it as a form of career.

8. My advice would be to concentrate on doing well within a broader field e.g. psychology. While you're doing so, there is no reason why you can't continue pursuing your interest in profiling, for instance doing a profiling related final year project or dissertation. "

SOME QUALIFICATIONS ARE....
"Psychiatrists are qualified doctors of medicine who undertake postgraduate training in psychiatry.
Psychologists have both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in their specialist area and may have secured chartered status through the governing body that oversees their professional development.
Police officers who undertake profiling work have usually studied psychology as a postgraduate.
" WHAT DO THEY DO?
As with any form of profiling, the principal aim is to generate a behavioural composite of an unknown offender so that it tells you something about the personality of the individual.
In the Copson study 184 accounts of profiling are documented.
In 111 of these cases the profiler put his/her advice into writing.
An analysis of the content of these written reports revealed 10 main areas of advice.
Features of the offence: Character of the offence: Origins of the offender: Present circumstances of the offender: Criminality of the offender: Geography of the offender: Predicted future behaviour of the offender: Interview strategies to be adopted: Threat assessment: Specific police recommendations.