Insights, training guidance and industry news from Australia’s close protection specialists.
No military or police experience? You can still start a close protection career in Australia via Panoptic’s 9-day Gold Coast course.
Do bodyguards carry guns in Australia? How strict firearms laws shape close protection here, how non-permissive work differs, and why the course trains firearms.
Where a close protection career can go: celebrity private security — tours, events, the travel and how you progress. Australia and worldwide.
Where a close protection career can go: protecting ultra-high-net-worth families and their offices — the world travel, discretion and how you progress.
Where a close protection career can go: hostile-environment PSD work in up-armoured vehicles overseas — the travel, skills and how you progress.
Where a close protection career can go: protecting Fortune 500 executives — the travel, the skills and how you progress. From Australia to worldwide.
How do you get into the bodyguard industry in Australia? Do a recognised close protection course, get licensed, and network your way to real work.
How fit do you need to be for close protection training? What Panoptic’s 9-day CPP course demands physically, and how to prepare. Gold Coast, Australia.
What to expect on the 9-day Close Personal Protection course on the Gold Coast: a day-by-day breakdown of Panoptic’s live-in bodyguard training.
Close protection training costs in Australia: 2026 CPOC fees ($8,602 inc. GST), the 10% service discount, payment plans and what’s included.
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