📞 1300 579 438
✉ info@swiftskills.edu.au
📍 403 87 Overton Rd, Williams Landing VIC 3027
📞 1300 579 438
✉ info@swiftskills.edu.au
📍 403 87 Overton Rd, Williams Landing VIC 3027
Your licence-ready entry into the Victorian security industry — unarmed guard and crowd controller. Delivered over 9 intensive weeks at our Truganina campus, subject to Victoria Police LDR regulatory conditions.
9 weeks full-time 460 hours total
$1,250 GST exempt
Blended · Classroom Truganina VIC
Testamur CPP20218
V&I Swift Skill Institute Pty Ltd · RTO 46501
This qualification is for security guards and crowd control staff as new entrants to the industry — and for those returning to the sector after an absence. It reflects the role of a security officer responsible for maintaining safety and security by patrolling, protecting or guarding property while unarmed, screening entry, monitoring behaviour and removing persons from premises.
The course provides the skills, knowledge and attributes to work as an unarmed security officer, crowd controller, loss prevention officer, mobile security officer, and control room / CCTV operative.
5 days per week (40 hours) across the full 9 weeks. Attendance at all classes is required.
Completed before and during face-to-face sessions.
Quizzes, case studies, report writing and role-plays.
You must pass the Victoria LDR mandated assessments.
You must be 18 years of age or over.
A valid Driver's Licence or Photo Card.
Australian/New Zealand citizen, permanent Australian resident, or a visa entitling you to work in Australia. Student and working holiday visas are not accepted.
Meet prescribed Language, Literacy and Numeracy requirements, including a Pre-Enrolment test prior to enrolment day.
You must attend the campus in person to complete testing and mandatory paperwork before the course commences. Enrolment is not finalised until induction testing and paperwork are complete.
Bring your own laptop (Windows 7 or higher). High-speed Wi-Fi is provided on campus. Basic computer skills are expected.
You must already hold a current HLTAID011 Provide First Aid unit and submit the completion certificate and transcript with your application. Credit Transfer is applied and reflected on your final Record of Results.
You must be a fit and proper person to hold the class of licence sought, and competent to carry out the activities of a security guard. Non-citizens/non-PRs must provide police certificates from each country lived in for 12+ months over the past 10 years since turning 16.
Occupational titles include security officer, unarmed guard and crowd controller. The qualification also provides a pathway into armed guarding, cash-in-transit, close protection, control room operations and guard dog handling.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL): If you have already gained the skills and experience for a unit or the entire qualification, you can apply for RPL by providing evidence of previous training, employment experience or other relevant skills. Successful applications may reduce training time and, where significant credit is granted, course fees and duration.
Credit Transfer (CT): All students can apply for credit transfer for units already completed with another RTO or authorised issuing organisation, verified against AQF certification documents or USI transcripts. Our Student Support Officer will guide you through the process.
On successful completion you will be awarded the Testamur for CPP20218 Certificate II in Security Operations together with a Record of Results detailing all units completed. On partial completion, a Statement of Attainment is issued for the units achieved.