About the qualification
Qualification Number: 610/5561/X
Operational Start Date: 1st May 2025
Total Qualification Time: 140 hours
Guided Learning: 111 hours
What are the objectives for the Level 4 Certificate for Protective Security Advisers?
This qualification was designed in collaboration with and is endorsed by the Protective Security Centre (Home Office). In addition, the qualification is also endorsed by all three of the government’s National Technical Authorities: National Protective Security Authority (NPSA), UK National Authority for Counter Eavesdropping (NACE) and National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).
The objective of this qualification is to provide learners with the baseline of knowledge and skills required to carry out the role of a protective security adviser. This course equips delegates with the competencies to understand how the protective security disciplines dovetail to provide the foundations of ‘security convergence’. Completion of this course will provide an understanding of how threat actors target us with a converged approach, and the importance of protecting organisational assets with robust converged security mitigations providing organisational seniors with a single overview of protective security risk.
What are the pre-entry requirements for the Level 4 Certificate for Protective Security Advisers?
There are no pre-entry requirements for this qualification. However, centres must ensure that learners are able to complete this qualification, for example, through completing a skills scan to ensure they can work at the appropriate level.
For more information, download the Qualification Handbook here:
Qualification Handbook