Online pre-course • Advanced Close Protection
Advanced Close Personal Protection Course: Online Pre-Course
The Empire Institute online Advanced Close Protection module, completed in your own time before the course. Empire Protection Advanced CPP is delivered by operators with current, real-world executive protection experience.
$499 AUD • one-time • unlimited access
What's included
Online Advanced CPP
Empire Institute online Advanced Close Protection module, completed in your own time before the course.
Advanced CPP Certificate
Co-branded Empire Protection × Sentinel Advanced Close Protection certificate on completion of the full course.
Pathway alumni network
Graduates join the pathway alumni network across both organisations — mentorship, ongoing development and connection to operators in the industry.
The Advanced CPP programme
Six days that take you from qualified to advanced — delivered by Empire Protection operators with current, real-world executive protection experience.
Day 1 – Advanced Doctrine
Advanced close protection doctrine, team roles and the operating standard expected for the remainder of the course.
Day 2 – Mission Planning
Formal orders process — WARNORD, OPORD and SMEAC. Plan, brief and back-brief a protection task under time pressure.
Day 3 – Mobility
Mobile protection operations — vehicle drills, embus/debus, route selection and movement of a principal by road.
Day 4 – Counter-Surveillance
Surveillance awareness and counter-surveillance for protection teams — detect, confirm and respond to hostile observation.
Day 5 – Final Mission Practical
A continuous, assessed protection mission drawing on every phase of the course. You plan it, you lead it.
Day 6 – FMP & Certification
Final Mission Practical concludes with individual debriefs, performance reviews and award of the co-branded qualification.
Built for your next chapter
Leaving the military?
Your military skills are the raw material. This pathway converts them into the specific trade-craft, qualifications and industry connections the private sector hires on.
Leaving law enforcement?
Police and law enforcement backgrounds transfer fast. Build on what you already know — threat assessment, judgement under pressure — and add the protection-specific skill set.
Starting out?
Civilian entrants with a clean record are welcome.
This is not an employment course. It is a job interview.
Most training certifies attendance. This pathway assesses performance.
The Advanced CPP is delivered as part of the Belgrade Operator Pathway (Sentinel CPP/PSD 04–10 November 2026, Empire Advanced CPP 12–17 November 2026). The Empire Advanced CPP is not available as a standalone course: you earn your place on it by completing the Sentinel CPP/PSD first.
Belgrade. November 2026.
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