Level 5 Diploma in Advanced Close Protection & Tactical Operations
Professional Executive Protection & Tactical Response Certification
Accommodation Included | Career Support & Job Opportunities
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
The Level 5 Advanced Close Protection & Tactical Operations Diploma is designed for protection professionals seeking to progress beyond Level 3/4 competencies into advanced close protection, tactical movement, crisis response, and operational leadership. This high-paced, intensive program combines rigorous theory with demanding practical exercises, including travel-based scenarios and real-VIP training, to prepare operatives for the complexities of modern protective assignments.
COURSE INFORMATION
This course focuses on real-world security operations, combining:
- High-level close protection
- Threat analysis and operational intelligence
- Tactical unarmed combat
- Advanced surveillance and counter-surveillance techniques
- Protective operations in semi-hostile and dynamic environments
- VIP travel protection, including movement planning and international transit security
- Introductory security-driving principles relevant to protective mobility
- Airport and aircraft protection procedures for secure arrivals and departures
- VIP protection and individual bodyguarding
- Crisis, incident, and emergency-response management
- Team leadership and small-unit coordination for protective details
The course also offers optional development modules, including Conflict Management, with the opportunity to complete the ProQual RQF Award in Conflict Management, and Team Leading, with the option to undertake the ProQual RQF Award in Team Leading for those seeking formal supervisory certification. Learners may additionally apply for the Level 3 Award in Intelligence Analysis (ProQual) and the Level 3 ProQual RQF Award in Security Chauffeur Driving, both subject to pre-approval and the requirement for additional training days.
This course is specifically designed to support non-commercial clients, including NGOs, diplomats, and individuals working or traveling in medium- to high-risk environments or conflict-prone regions. Graduates will be prepared not only for executive and celebrity protection, but also for providing secure travel support, risk-aware escorting, and protective services for clients whose profile or mission exposes them to elevated security threats.
By emphasising tactical operations, threat assessment, evacuation planning, situational awareness, and hostile-environment readiness, the Level 5 certification ensures operatives are capable of safeguarding vulnerable or high-threat clients both overseas and in unstable zones.
What’s Included
- Accommodation throughout the course
- Daily breakfast (Thailand courses include breakfast and dinner)
- Snacks and lunch available for purchase or delivery (Uber Eats, Grab, etc.)
- On-site Wi-Fi
- $75 transport voucher per participant for mission and training transport
What Participants Must Provide
- Transport to/from the airport
- Valid passport (minimum 6 months validity)
- Clean criminal record
- Laptop with the latest Word and PowerPoint
- Casual, formal, and tactical clothing (full list will be provided)
- Local SIM card or international roaming for off-site training and missions
ProQual® logo indicates optional RQF qualifications only. Please refer to the course description for details on which modules include ProQual RQF Awards within this diploma.
Course Cost
£6800 + VAT
Location
United Kingdom, United States, Thailand & Bali
Course Dates
Every month on the 10th
Course Length
21 Days , job recruitment opportunity
Skill Prerequisites
For Ex-Military Candidates:
- Level 3 Close Protection Operative (CPO)
- CQB Level 1
- TCCC
- Level 3 Hostile Environment Awareness
- Level 2 Weapons Proficiency
- Level 4 Hostile Environment (or equivalent)
For Civilian Candidates:
Please contact us prior to registration for eligibility and guidance.
