Bodyguard Protective Services Workers
SaveWhat Does a Bodyguard Do?
Bodyguards offer protection to their clients against injury, attacks and harassment. They accompany individuals such as politicians and actors to various events and gatherings. Bodyguards observe the surrounding environment, anticipate threats and respond to security emergencies. They may carry and use guns.
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Where Do I Start?
Security Threats
Types of threats to public and private security such as unauthorised entry, aggressive behaviour, molestation, robbery, theft, assault, kidnapping, murder and public demonstration.
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These are common skills for this role. Real-world experience matters more than ticking every box — use this as a guide, not a checklist.
Skills You Need to Become a Bodyguard
Essential Skills
Essential Skills
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EssentialSecurity Threats knowledge
Types of threats to public and private security such as unauthorised entry, aggressive behaviour, molestation, robbery, theft, assault, kidnapping, murder and public demonstration.
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EssentialCheck Methods knowledge
Procedures used for investigative purposes such as surveillance by physical and electronic means, interrogations of witnesses, collection of objects and data for assessment and analysis and physical and electronic research …
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EssentialAdapt To Changing Situations skill
Change approach to situations based on unexpected and sudden changes in people's needs and mood or in trends; shift strategies, improvise and naturally adapt to those circumstances.
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EssentialCommunicate With Customers skill
Respond to and communicate with customers in the most efficient and appropriate manner to enable them to access the desired products or services, or any other help they may require.
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EssentialComply With The Principles Of Self-defence skill
Observe the principles according to which a person should only use so much force as is required to repel an attack. The use of deadly force is limited to situations …
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EssentialControl Crowd skill
Control a crowd or riot, ensuring people do not cross to areas they are not allowed to access, monitoring the crowd's behaviour and responding to suspicious and violent behaviour.
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EssentialDetain Offenders skill
Keep back offenders and trespassers in a certain area.
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EssentialHandle Conflicts skill
Mediate in conflicts and tense situations by acting between parties, such as service users, important others like families, and institutions, striving to effect an agreement, reconciliate, and resolve problems.
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EssentialIdentify Security Threats skill
Identify security threats during investigations, inspections, or patrols, and perform the necessary actions to minimise or neutralise the threat.
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EssentialLiaise With Security Authorities skill
Respond quickly to security incidents and violations by calling the police and keep in touch with other relevant parties involved in the potential prosecution of the offender.
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EssentialManage Major Incidents skill
Take immediate action to respond to major incidents that affect the safety and security of individuals in private or public places such as road accidents.
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EssentialPractice Vigilance skill
Practice vigilance during patrol or other surveillance activities in order to ensure safety and security, to look out for suspicious behaviour or other alarming changes in patterns or activities, and …
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EssentialProvide First Aid skill
Administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation or first aid in order to provide help to a sick or injured person until they receive more complete medical treatment.
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EssentialReact Calmly In Stressful Situations skill
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EssentialRestrain Individuals skill
Restrain, or control by force, individuals who violate regulations in terms of acceptable behaviour, who present a threat to others, and who perform acts of violence, to ensure the individual …
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EssentialStay Alert skill
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EssentialWork In Shifts skill
Work in rotating shifts, where the goal is to keep a service or production line running around the clock and each day of the week.
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EssentialCheck Subjects skill
Gather and check all relevant information on a person, company or other subject in the context of an investigation.
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EssentialExecute Inspection Walkway skill
Carry out a route in order to verify if all the doors and windows are closed.
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EssentialIdentify Suspicious Behaviour skill
Rapidly spot and identify individuals or customers who behave suspiciously and keep them under close observation.
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EssentialPerform Body Searches skill
Examine visitors by performing a body search, in order to detect weapons or illegal substances.
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EssentialPerform Security Checks skill
Monitor and check individuals' bags or personal items in order to make sure the individuals present no threats and that their behaviour is legally compliant.
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EssentialProtect Important Clients skill
Keep clients safe who have extraordinary level of risk by organising and providing the relevant security.
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EssentialSecure Premises skill
Search premises for potential insecurities or risks. If insecurities are detected, remove them in order to assure the client's safety.
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Optional Skills (5 of 22 displayed)
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OptionalFirst Response knowledge
The procedures of pre-hospital care for medical emergencies, such as first aid, resuscitation techniques, legal and ethical issues, patient assessment, trauma emergencies.
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OptionalLegal Use-of-force knowledge
The characteristics of the use-of-force, which is a legal doctrine employed by police and army forces, to regulate acts of violence during interventions. Use-of-force is ought to balance security needs …
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OptionalSurveillance Methods knowledge
Surveillance methods used in the gathering of information and intelligence for investigation purposes.
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OptionalLegal Requirements Related To Ammunition knowledge
Legal regulations and requirements in the field of selling, buying, handling and storing ammunition.
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OptionalEuropean Firearms-control Legislation knowledge
The regulation regarding the acquisition and possession of weapons on a European Union level by means the Directive 91/477/EEC and the Directive 2008/51/EC.
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OptionalAssist Police Investigations skill
Assist in police investigations by providing them with specialised information as a professional involved in the case, or by providing witness accounts, in order to ensure the police have all …
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OptionalCheck Official Documents skill
Check an individuals' official documentation, such as driver's licenses and identification, to ensure compliance with legal regulations, and to identify and assess individuals.
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OptionalCoordinate Patrols skill
Coordinate the investigation and inspection of a certain area by assigning patrollers to routes and areas, establishing the area that needs patrolling, and coordinating the activities during the patrol.
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OptionalDeal With Aggressive Behaviour skill
Respond promptly to adverse behaviour in a professional manner by taking appropriate and legal action to prevent further aggressiveness, such as verbal warning, lawful removal from the premises or apprehension …
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OptionalDrive Vehicles skill
Be able to drive vehicles; have the approapriate type of driving license according to the type of motor vehicle used.
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OptionalEnsure Compliance With Types Of Weapons skill
Use different kinds of firearms and other types of weapons and their matching ammunition, in compliance with legal requirements.
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OptionalIdentify Terrorism Threats skill
Identify the possibility of terrorism activities posing threats and danger in a specific area by monitoring activities of potentially dangerous groups of people, assessing risks in different areas, and gathering …
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OptionalOperate Radio Equipment skill
Set up and operate radio devices and accessories, such as broadcast consoles, amplifiers, and microphones. Understand the basics of radio operator language and, when necessary, provide instruction in handling radio …
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OptionalPatrol Areas skill
Patrol a designated area, watch out for and respond to suspicious and dangerous situations, and communicate with emergency response organisations.
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OptionalApply Advanced Driving Techniques skill
Being capable to effectively steer a vehicle in extreme situations using defensive, evasive or offensive driving.
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OptionalAssist Emergency Services skill
Assist the police and emergency services where needed.
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OptionalIdentify Surveillance Devices skill
Use countersurveillance measures to search and detect surveillance material such as covert listening devices and hidden video devices that are placed in the client's surroundings such as his office or …
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OptionalInterrogate Individuals skill
Interview individuals in such a manner that they give information that could be of use in an investigation and that they possibly tried to conceal.
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OptionalMonitor Surveillance Equipment skill
Monitor the operation of equipment used in surveillance and gathering of intelligence to ensure it functions properly and to gather the surveillance information detected by it.
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OptionalProvide Protective Escort skill
Protect the client when he is outside of his accommodation or workplace at an event or on the move, using strategies and meeting all necessary security measures in order to …
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OptionalProvide Secured Transportation skill
Manage secured transportation of cash or other valuable cargo, like securities, jewellery or important individuals.
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OptionalSearch For Explosive Devices skill
Monitor and search the surroundings and insides of the client's accommodation, work place and transport routes and detect explosive devices aimed at harming the client.
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