Are there entry requirements?

No. The register records no entry requirements for CPP20218.

Does this give me a security licence?

No. The register says the qualification is intended to align with the unarmed guard and crowd controller licensing outcomes. Licensing itself is issued by your state or territory regulator, which sets its own separate requirements. Check with the regulator in the state you want to work in.

Why are there no electives?

The training package has fixed all fourteen units. Because the qualification maps to a licensing outcome, the content is standardised rather than left to providers and students to shape.

Can I do this online?

Parts of it, potentially - but units like defensive techniques, patrolling and screening require practical demonstration. Ask each provider how they deliver and assess those units.

CPP31318 Certificate III in Security Operations, which requires you to already hold a current security officer licence, or CPP31418 Certificate III in Close Protection Operations.

CPP20218 Certificate II in Security Operations

About this qualification

CPP20218 is the entry qualification for security work. The register describes a security officer “responsible for maintaining safety and security by patrolling, protecting or guarding property while unarmed, and screening entry, monitoring behaviour and removing persons from premises”.

It has no electives. Fourteen units, all core — the only qualification on this site with nothing to choose. Everyone who holds CPP20218 has done exactly the same training, which is unusual and deliberate.

The register states the qualification “is intended to align with the following occupational licencing outcomes: security officer – unarmed guard; security officer – crowd controller”. Security licensing is administered separately by each state and territory and is not part of the qualification itself.

The units are unmistakably practical: patrolling, screening people and personal effects, controlling access and exit, managing crowd behaviour, dealing with intoxicated persons, removing people from premises, escorting valuables, basic defensive techniques, and first aid.

Roles it maps to

Occupational titles named on the national register for CPP20218.

Security Officer Unarmed Guard Crowd Controller

Where it sits

Where CPP20218 sits. Security runs a full ladder from Certificate II to Diploma.

Certificate II · you are hereCPP20218 Security Operations
Certificate IIICPP31318 Security Operations
Certificate IIICPP31418 Close Protection Operations
Certificate IVCPP40719 Security Management
Certificate IVCPP41519 Security Risk Analysis
DiplomaCPP50619 Security Risk Management

What it covers

14Core units

0Elective units

Fourteen units must be completed, all of them core. There are no elective units in this qualification.

All fourteen units are core. There is nothing to choose.

CPPSEC2101 Apply effective communication skills to maintain security
CPPSEC2102 Apply legal and procedural requirements to work effectively within a security team
CPPSEC2103 Apply WHS, emergency response and evacuation procedures to maintain security
CPPSEC2104 Apply risk assessment to select and carry out response to security risk situations
CPPSEC2105 Provide quality services to a range of security clients
CPPSEC2106 Protect self and others using basic defensive techniques
CPPSEC2107 Patrol premises to monitor property and maintain security
CPPSEC2108 Screen people, personal effects and items to maintain security
CPPSEC2109 Monitor and control access and exit of persons and vehicles from premises
CPPSEC2110 Monitor and control individual and crowd behaviour to maintain security
CPPSEC2111 Apply security procedures to manage intoxicated persons
CPPSEC2112 Apply security procedures to remove persons from premises
CPPSEC2113 Escort and protect persons and valuables
HLTAID003 Provide first aid

For a full list of elective units, visit training.gov.au →

Frequently asked questions

Are there entry requirements?: No. The register records no entry requirements for CPP20218.
Does this give me a security licence?: No. The register says the qualification is intended to align with the unarmed guard and crowd controller licensing outcomes. Licensing itself is issued by your state or territory regulator, which sets its own separate requirements. Check with the regulator in the state you want to work in.
Why are there no electives?: The training package has fixed all fourteen units. Because the qualification maps to a licensing outcome, the content is standardised rather than left to providers and students to shape.
Can I do this online?: Parts of it, potentially — but units like defensive techniques, patrolling and screening require practical demonstration. Ask each provider how they deliver and assess those units.
What comes next?: CPP31318 Certificate III in Security Operations, which requires you to already hold a current security officer licence, or CPP31418 Certificate III in Close Protection Operations.

Other registered providers

Filtered by where each provider is based, not where they can deliver.

QLD

TAFE QueenslandRTO 0275

Deliver and assess · QLD
VIC

Bendigo Kangan InstituteRTO 3077

Deliver and assess · VIC
VIC

Gippsland Institute of TAFERTO 0417

Deliver and assess · VIC
QLD

CLET TrainingRTO 31254

Assess only · QLD, SA, TAS, NT, ACT
QLD

Asset Training AustraliaRTO 31718

Deliver and assess · National
QLD

PM2RTO 41304

Deliver and assess · National
SA

Salford CollegeRTO 40298

Deliver and assess · National
QLD

HCR ConstructionsRTO 91533

Deliver and assess · QLD
NT

Alana Kaye GroupRTO 70056

Deliver and assess · National
NSW

Westbourne CollegeRTO 41084

Deliver and assess · National
QLD

Health Security & EducationRTO 40907

Deliver and assess · National
NSW

UNE PartnershipsRTO 6754

Deliver and assess · National
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