Close Protection & Operations Top-Up
Advanced training for current close protection operatives, enhancing skills in personal security, physical intervention and threat assessment, and operational planning.
The course
Our SIA Close Protection & Operations Top-Up Training is specifically designed for experienced close protection operatives seeking to enhance their skills and remain compliant with the latest industry standards.
This advanced training focuses on:
- Personal Security: Strengthen your expertise in safeguarding clients effectively.
- Physical Intervention & Threat Assessment: Update your skills in managing risks and handling challenging situations.
- Operational Planning: Refine your ability to strategise and execute detailed protection plans.
Stay at the forefront of the close protection industry with this essential top-up training, ensuring you’re equipped to handle evolving challenges with confidence and professionalism.
The course comprises of 4 units, delivered across the 3 days:
- Unit 1: Principles of Terror Threat Awareness in the Private Security Industry (Self Study)
- Unit 2: Principles of Working in the Private Security Industry (Self Study)
- Unit 3: Application of Physical Intervention Skills in the Private Security Industry
- Unit 4: Application of Physical Intervention Skills for Close Protection Operatives in the Private Security Industry
The first two units are completed via self-study, the materials of which will be sent to your email. Your competency will be assessed by multi choice exams as well as practical evaluations and oral question and answer sessions.
Who is it for?
This is a 3-day course designed for Close ProtectionOperatives to ‘Top Up’ their skills and knowledge.
How it works
Apply for your course
Contact us with your security requirements, and our team will assess your needs and provide a tailored solution.
Pay for the course
Review our detailed proposal and approve the plan to ensure it aligns with your security objectives.
Partake in the course
We’ll deliver the risk analysis and actionable recommendations, equipping you with effective solutions.
FAQs
Questions frequently asked by customers and professionals about our training, top-up and refresher courses.
Top Up Training was introduced to help fill the gaps in training following several changes within the industry. For those with a Security Guard or Door Supervisor License, everyone has now undergone this training and so the SIA has introduced the new Refresher Training package.
As the name suggests, this training is intended to ‘Refresh’ the skills you learned on your original course and to update you with things like, additions to the law, reminders of the SIA code of conduct or criminal trends such as drink spiking. If you have previously attended a Top Up Training session, you are advised to attend a Refresher training session before renewing your license, after April 2025, this advice will become mandatory.
Close Protection License holders must complete a Top Up before being able to renew their license, this is not expected to change until sometime in 2026.
Yes, we run courses across the whole of the UK as well as overseas.
No, we deliver First Aid Training, Fire Marshall and Traffic Marshal courses to name but a few, we can also develop and deliver bespoke training packages for corporate customers.
Our classrooms are in Esher, Surrey, there’s parking close by at the Sandown Racecourse just 2 minutes away.
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Boththe SG and DS Top Ups have been replaced by a refresher training course, it isanticipated that the Close Protection Top Up course will remain for at least2025.
Get in Touch
Office
Hillbrow Road
Esher
Surrey
KT10 9NW