Protective Security Training Centre (PSTC)
About us
The Protective Security Training Centre (PSTC) is the Australian Government's provider of protective security training to Australian Government agencies, State and Territory government agencies and government contractors.
The PSTC is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) under the Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF).
Nationally recognised qualifications
The PSTC can award participants national-recognised Qualifications and Statements of Attainment. Qualifications can be undertaken through participation in training programs (courses) and completion of workplace projects and assignments or can be achieved wholly, or in part, through assessment by recognition.
The majority of PSTC training programs are mapped to nationally recognised qualifications and units of competency contained in the PSP04 Public Sector Training Package Version 3.
The training programs cover the government security and regulatory competency fields.
Career pathways
Participants can specialise in the security field most relevant to their needs.
Security training programs contribute to a number of career pathways including:
- protective security
- personnel security (vetting)
- security risk management
- protective security
- Government investigation, and
- specialist security practitioners, including physical security, ICT security.
Who is eligible?
Our programs are particularly relevant to any staff required to manage and implement government security policy as outlined in the Australian Government Protective Security Manual.
Participants must be employees of either:
- Australian government agencies
- State and Territory government agencies
- local government agencies
- contractors to government, or
- organisations that make up Australia’s national critical infrastructure.
In addition, participants must have access to the specific work practices and procedures required to demonstrate competency in the units of the qualification being undertaken.
The PSTC may consider attendance by individuals who do not meet the eligibility criteria above provided there is a substantiated need. Consideration of eligibility will be on a case-by-case basis. Please contact us for more information.
Downloads and links
- Training and Assessment Pathways – Protective Security [DOC 992KB]
- Training and Assessment Pathways – Protective Security [PDF 110KB]
- Training and Assessment Pathways – Personnel Security [DOC 733KB]
- Training and Assessment Pathways – Personnel Security [PDF 166KB]
- Training and Assessment Pathways – Government Investigation [DOC 175KB]
- Training and Assessment Pathways – Government Investigation [PDF 61KB]
- Nationally Accredited Training Programs [DOC 271KB]
- Nationally Accredited Training Programs [PDF 20KB]
- Course Registration Form
- Registration Form for Assessment by Recognition
- Australian Government Protective Security Manual (PSM) published by the Attorney-General’s Department
- Standards Australia
- Australian / New Zealand Standard on Risk Management AS/NZ 4360:2004
- Standards Australia / Standards New Zealand Handbook on Risk Management HB 167:2006
- Australian Government Information and Communications Technology Security Manual (ACSI 33) published by the Defence Signals Directorate
