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Close Protection Operative

This 7-day Close Protection Operative course prepares you for real-world VIP security missions. Learn how to protect high-value individuals, lead security teams, and handle high-pressure situations with precision. Taught by ex-special forces professionals, this course blends tactical realism with operational discipline.

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Close Protection Operative
Duration

7 Day’s

Weapons

Pistols – Glock 17

Methods

This course will be taught using theoretical and practical excercises. The lectures lectures will be conducted in the classroom, urban area and shooting range. The course will be given in EBSSA Training Center with the use of EBSSA equipment.

Instructors

Former Special Forces Operator

Skill Prerequisites

None. The candidate does not have to possess prior experience in Close Protection.

Gear

Casual clothing (no jeans), rain / weather gear and business clothing (slacks, jacket, tie and appropriate shoes), tactical cargo pants, tactical belt (sturdy) , sport shoes, sport uniform.

About the course

About the course

In today’s world, close protection isn’t just a skill – it’s a necessity for anyone tasked with safeguarding lives in unpredictable environments. The Close Protection Operative Course offered by EBSSA is a comprehensive, hands-on program designed to train future bodyguards, executive protection agents, and private security professionals for the real challenges of protective operations.
Over the course of 7 intensive days, you’ll receive elite-level instruction from former special forces operators, learning how to manage VIP security, lead a protection team, and execute threat mitigation strategies under live conditions.

Topics

  • Principles of close protection
  • Hello Arrivals / Departures
  • Dress code and etiquette
  • Tactical Firearms (Live Fire)
  • Case studies
  • Cover and evacuation drills live fire
  • Advance work
  • Radio communications procedures
  • Motorcade procedures
  • Introduction to threat assessment and risk analysis
  • Protection formations
  • Low profile security and tactics
  • Unarmed combat
  • Shooting under stress
  • Elements of Close Protection Team
  • Advance work; surveys, preparation and planning – exercise
  • Team Leader; roles & responsibilities
  • Final training exercise: IN TOWN EXCERICSE – training in realistic every day situation
  • Briefing the Principal

Course schedule

Course Name Country Duration Price Availability
Close Protection Operative Serbia 6 October 2025 – 12 October 2025 1900 € Available Enroll

Close Protection Operative

6 October 2025 – 12 October 2025
Course name Close Protection Operative
Duration 6 October 2025 – 12 October 2025
Country Serbia
Price 1900 €
Availability Available
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