Close Protection Officer
Find out what the Close Protection Officer role in government does and the skills you need to do the role at each level.
Role overview
The role of a Close Protection Officer is to protect principles from the threat of kidnap, assassination and general crime.
Role level
Typical role expectations
- Protect clients from various physical threats while accompanying them on business and social visits
- Follow procedural expectations and requirements, including vulnerability assessments, risk profiling and advance premises screenings
- Identify and prevent potential threats or disruption
Typical role expectations
- Manage a close protection team securing a variety of clients against various physical threats
- Review and action outcomes from procedural activities or processes, including vulnerability assessments, risk profiling, and advance premises screenings
- Lead on the identification and prevention of potential threats or disruption
Skills
| Skill | Associate | Lead |
|---|---|---|
| Risk understanding and mitigation | Practitioner | Practitioner |
| Threat understanding | Working | Practitioner |
| Protective security | Working | Working |
| Applied Physical Security | Awareness | Working |
| Secure operations management | Awareness | Working |
| Legal and regulatory environment and compliance | Awareness | Awareness |
Core learning
Associate
NPSA – Search and Screening
NPSA – Reducing Insider Risk
Lead
NPSA – Hostile Vehicle Mitigation
NPSA – Sensitive Information and Assets
NPSA – Leadership and Governance