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.


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