CPP31418 is the nationally recognised Certificate III in Close Protection Operations. It prepares you for work as a security officers and guards nec. It is current on the national register, with no earlier version recorded. Employers posted about 864 security officers and guards nec jobs in June 2026, up 10.8% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Certificate III in Close Protection Operations are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Employment is projected to grow through 2035 and job ads in June 2026 were up 10.8% on a year earlier. The official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage and enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting more security officers and guards nec jobs than a year ago. About 864 security officers and guards nec jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 10.8% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 10,000 job ads, while 175 people were training in the qualification nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Australia's official shortage list rates crowd controllers, private investigators, security consultants and security officers as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Crowd Controller, Private Investigator, Security Consultant and Security Officer as not in shortage.
Security officers and guards nec jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 65,264 workers in May 2025, 68,851 by May 2030 (up 5.5%) and 72,213 by May 2035 (up 10.6%).
Fewer people are enrolling in the Certificate III in Close Protection Operations than a year ago. Across Australia, 195 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 175, down 10.3% in a year. National data for CPP31418 starts in 2020.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for CPP31418 is being verified against official program lists.
Eligibility and student contributions vary by program and provider. The official state listing is the source of truth. In a subsidised place the government pays most of the tuition and you pay a co-contribution set by the program and provider.
The Certificate III in Close Protection Operations is 14 units: 8 core, plus 6 electives chosen from 19 options on the register. One unit has prerequisites, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps CPP31418 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 4422) so the mapping can be checked. Job advertisement counts come from the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index and count online ads, not vacancies filled. Enrolment counts come from NCVER Total VET Activity and count people in training, not completions. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register training.gov.au, synced 16 September 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 19 Sept 2026. Page last updated 20 Sept 2026.