BPS Training
Comprehensive accredited training courses
- Dual Highfield & Qualsafe Centre
- ELCAS Approved Provider
- Blue Light Partner
- Courses
- 10
- Awarding bodies
- Highfield and Qualsafe
- Next course
- 19 to 21 Oct 2026
- Training centre
- Maidstone, Kent
Course calendar
Next dates
Every public date currently open, soonest first.
Prices include VAT.
- 19 to 21 October 2026: Level 2 Close Protection RefresherBPS HQ, Maidstone£450 inc. VAT (£375 + VAT)4 places left
- 22 to 24 October 2026: Behavioural Detection Officer (BDO)Cardiff Arms Park£720 inc. VAT (£600 + VAT)2 places left
- 9 to 13 November 2026: First Response Emergency Care (FREC4)BPS HQ, Maidstone£660 inc. VAT (£550 + VAT)1 place left
- 9 to 11 December 2026: Behavioural Detection Officer (BDO)BPS HQ, Maidstone£720 inc. VAT (£600 + VAT)6 places left
- 18 to 22 January 2027: First Response Emergency Care (FREC3)BPS HQ, Maidstone£450 inc. VAT (£375 + VAT)5 places left
- 25 to 27 January 2027: Level 2 Close Protection RefresherBPS HQ, Maidstone£450 inc. VAT (£375 + VAT)8 places left
- 1 to 26 March 2027: SIA Close Protection (CPO)Close protection and FREC3BPS HQ, Maidstone£3,120 inc. VAT (£2,600 + VAT)5 places left
- 1 to 5 March 2027: First Response Emergency Care (FREC3)BPS HQ, Maidstone£450 inc. VAT (£375 + VAT)5 places left
- 6 to 26 March 2027: SIA Close Protection (CPO)Close protection onlyBPS HQ, Maidstone£2,880 inc. VAT (£2,400 + VAT)6 places left
Training with BPS
Operational first, trainers second
Our management team are former specialist police operators, so everything we teach is current, relevant and credible. We are both Highfield and Qualsafe registered, bringing two awarding bodies together so delegates get the right training and the right accreditation.
Most of our courses run at our Maidstone headquarters in Kent. Where a course runs elsewhere, the venue is shown with the dates.
Barham Protection Services Ltd is an ELCAS Approved Learning Provider. Centre Number 14830.
ELCAS can be used on our Ofqual regulated courses at Level 3 and above.
Barham Protection Services Ltd is a Blue Light Card partner.
Blue Light Card holders get 10% off any course: email training@bps-ltd.org with a picture of your Blue Light Card to receive your discount code.
*Blue Light Card discounts and ELCAS funding cannot be used together.
Security training
Security and driving courses
Prices and dates as currently published. Corporate pricing is available on application.
Highfield Level 3SIA Close Protection (CPO)The Highfield Level 3 Close Protection course: everything you need to apply for your SIA Close Protection licence.- From
- £2,880 inc. VAT (£2,400 + VAT)
- Next dates
- 1 to 26 March 2027; 6 to 26 March 2027
Highfield Level 2Level 2 Close Protection RefresherThe mandatory refresher for Close Protection Operatives renewing their SIA licence from April 2026.- Price
- £450 inc. VAT (£375 + VAT)
- Next dates
- 19 to 21 October 2026; 25 to 27 January 2027
Highfield Level 3Behavioural Detection Officer (BDO)The original Highfield accredited Level 3 Behavioural Detection Officer course, with two live public deployment exercises.- Duration
- 3 days
- Price
- £720 inc. VAT (£600 + VAT)
- Next dates
- 22 to 24 October 2026; 9 to 11 December 2026
Level 2Behavioural Detection Awareness (BDA)A one-day programme giving public-facing professionals the baseline to use behavioural detection in their everyday roles.- Duration
- 1 day
- Next date
- Ask about dates
BPS certificatedConvoy, Evasive and Defensive DrivingAn intensive one-day introduction to protection driving for close protection operatives.- Duration
- 1 day
- Next date
- Ask about dates
- Renewing your SIA licence?Find the refresher date that fitsFrom April 2026 every Close Protection Operative renewing an SIA licence needs the Level 2 refresher. Enter your expiry and see which published date fits.Open the planner
SIA licence renewal planner
When should you book your refresher?
The Level 2 Close Protection Refresher is mandatory for every CPO renewing an SIA licence from April 2026, as published on this site.
Your plan
Enter your licence expiry
From April 2026 every Close Protection Operative renewing an SIA licence needs the Level 2 refresher. Tell us when yours expires and we will show which published course date fits, and whether your first aid will still count.
Medical training
Life-saving skills, Level 3 and beyond
First aid and prehospital care courses, with additional input on catastrophic bleeds where appropriate.
Qualsafe Level 3First Response Emergency Care (FREC3)The bedrock of medical skills in the private sector: prehospital emergency care to the PHEM skills framework at level D.- Duration
- 5 days
- Price
- £450 inc. VAT (£375 + VAT)
- Next dates
- 18 to 22 January 2027; 1 to 5 March 2027
Qualsafe Level 4First Response Emergency Care (FREC4)A regulated, nationally recognised prehospital care qualification for those building a career in emergency care.- Duration
- 5 days
- Price
- £660 inc. VAT (£550 + VAT)
- Next date
- 9 to 13 November 2026
Qualsafe Level 3Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW)An intensive one-day course covering the full Emergency First Aid at Work specification.- Duration
- 1 day
- Next date
- Ask about dates
Qualsafe Level 3First Aid at Work (FAW)Essential life-saving skills over three days, in line with workplace safety standards.- Duration
- 3 days
- Next date
- Ask about dates
- Highfield Level 3Paediatric First Aid (PFA)Life-saving skills for anyone who looks after infants and children.
- Duration
- 2 days
- Next date
- Ask about dates
- Coming soonProtest Mitigation and Removal CourseA one-day input on dealing with protestors in the private sector, covering modules close to the national police public order curriculum, including conflict management, de-escalation, de-bonding and de-locking tactics.Duration1 day
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Operations & training teams
Training for your team, at your venue or ours
Clients can reach our teams 24/7, 365 days a year, through our 24 hour operations phones. Every enquiry is handled with discretion. Alternatively, make a secure enquiry online.