Protective Security Training Centre (PSTC)
About us
The Protective Security Training Centre (PSTC) is the Australian Government's provider of protective security training to government agencies and contractors.
The PSTC is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) registered by the National VET Regulator.
The PSTC is committed to high standards in providing education, training and assessment in line with the requirements of VET Quality Framework and the Training Centre's scope of registration.
Nationally recognised qualifications
The Australian Qualifications Framework is the national policy for regulated qualifications in Australian education and training. The PSTC can award participants nationally-recognised Qualifications and Statements of Attainment. Qualifications can be undertaken by participating in training programs. Workplace projects and assignments can be completed 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 4.
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 Policy Framework (including protocols and supporting guidelines).
Participants must be employees of:
- Australian Government agencies
- state and territory government agencies
- local government agencies
- contractors to government, or
- organisations that provide 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. Eligibility will be considered 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 Policy Framework published by the Attorney-General’s Department
- Australian Government Information Security Manual published by the Defence Signals Directorate
- Standards Australia
- Australian / New Zealand Standard on Risk Management AS/NZ ISO 31000:2009
- Standards Australia / Standards New Zealand Handbook on Risk Management HB 167:2006
