VIP Protection and Personal Assistance Training equips personal assistants and support staff serving VIPs with security awareness and discretion alongside their assistance duties, from travel security coordination to crisis response.
Supporting a VIP means anticipating risk as much as managing a diary; a personal assistant who understands only scheduling leaves gaps that a security-aware assistant would close instinctively. This course blends core personal assistance skills with practical security awareness: threat and risk assessment basics, discretion and confidentiality protocols, secure travel coordination, and appropriate response when a situation escalates unexpectedly.
Participants work through realistic scenarios covering route planning, managing unwanted media or public attention, and coordinating with professional security personnel without overstepping their own role. The course positions VIP support staff as an informed first line of awareness, not as substitutes for trained security professionals.
Throughout the programme, participants work through realistic scenarios drawn from public sector institutions, private enterprises, development organizations, and regulated professional environments, examining how VIP protection and personal assistance is applied in practice and where it most often breaks down. Delegates will develop practical skill in designing appropriate frameworks, selecting and applying the right tools for secure travel and itinerary planning, interpreting findings, and communicating conclusions clearly to colleagues, management and external stakeholders. Sessions move deliberately from principles to application, so that each technique introduced is practised against a realistic problem before the programme moves on — strengthening both individual effectiveness and the wider capability of the organizations delegates return to.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
By the end of the VIP Protection and Personal Assistance Training, participants will leave with:
This training course adopts a practical, participant-centered learning approach that builds VIP protection and personal assistance expertise, strengthens analytical capability and develops confident professional judgement. The methodology combines specialist facilitation, applied hands-on experience and globally recognized professional practice, so that delegates return able to apply what they have learned immediately rather than in theory only.
Methodology includes:
Day 1: The Support Role Inside a Protective Environment
Day 2: Discretion, Confidentiality, and Information Security
Day 3: Secure Travel and Itinerary Planning
Day 4: Warning Signs, Incident Response, and Emergencies
Day 5: Media Management, Team Coordination, and Applied Practice
VIP Protection and Personal Assistance Training is built for the support professionals who work closest to principals, executives, dignitaries, and high-profile individuals, and who must combine administrative duties with security awareness and absolute discretion.
Participants finishing all five days are awarded a Certificate of Completion from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, recognising their ability to support a VIP with sound threat and risk awareness, disciplined confidentiality, secure travel coordination, and a measured response during a security incident.
Everything you need to know about this course before you register.
By the end of the VIP Protection and Personal Assistance Training programme, you'll be able to apply basic threat and risk awareness to vip support duties, maintain discretion and confidentiality in sensitive environments, coordinate secure travel and itinerary planning for vips, and identify warning signs of an escalating security situation. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
VIP Protection and Personal Assistance Training is built for the support professionals who work closest to principals, executives, dignitaries, and high-profile individuals, and who must combine administrative duties with security awareness and absolute discretion. Typical delegates include Personal assistants and executive assistants supporting chairpersons, board principals, or public figures, Private secretaries and aides-de-camp attached to dignitaries and senior officials, Household and estate managers responsible for family privacy and access control, Travel and logistics coordinators arranging VIP movements, advance work, and itineraries, Protocol officers managing events, receptions, and public appearances, Chauffeurs, residence staff, and office administrators who interface daily with close protection teams, and Press and communications aides handling media attention around a principal.
VIP Protection and Personal Assistance Training typically runs as 5 Days. It's available as in-person classroom training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
VIP Protection and Personal Assistance Training is scheduled in-classroom in Mombasa, Kenya, Naivasha, Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, and Kisumu, Kenya, and 14 other locations, plus a live interactive virtual classroom you can join from anywhere. Check the schedule panel above for exact upcoming dates and fees in each location.
VIP Protection and Personal Assistance Training runs on a rolling cohort basis, so a new intake is always coming up. Pick your preferred format and location in the schedule panel above, then click "Register for the Course" to reserve your seat — confirmation follows once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion for VIP Protection and Personal Assistance Training from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
VIP Protection and Personal Assistance Training is pitched at intermediate professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
Fees for VIP Protection and Personal Assistance Training vary by delivery location and format and are shown in real time in the schedule panel above once you pick a date. Register 3 or more delegates on the same course together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically — larger cohorts can request a custom corporate quote.
Yes — VIP Protection and Personal Assistance Training can be delivered on-site at your offices (or virtually for distributed teams), with case studies and examples tailored to your industry and the specific challenges your team is working through. Switch to the "In-House" tab in the schedule panel above to request a proposal.
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