Admission, payment, training, travel and certification

No. Previous training and/or experience is required, and admission is subject to profile review.

Through a short professional profile application. The organizing team reviews each case and communicates the decision. The online form opens in the next phase of the site.

The response time is pending confirmation by the organization.

No. An application is not a reservation and requires no payment. Payment instructions are issued only after the profile is approved.

6 hotel nights, breakfast, meals on training days, local coordination, facilities, range access, materials, the ESA PSD Training Programme and the ESA PSD Certification. Airfare and personal expenses are not included.

The programme is delivered in Spanish. The site is available in Spanish and English.

No. International transport of firearms, ammunition or restricted material is not permitted within the programme framework. Required equipment is detailed to admitted participants.

Participants are expected to demonstrate consistent safety, sound judgment, professional conduct and satisfactory performance throughout the training. Assessment is continuous, and participants who successfully complete the programme and meet the required performance and safety standards will receive the ESA PSD Certification.

Safety is a core professional standard throughout the programme. Participants are expected to follow instructor directions, range procedures, equipment-handling protocols and team safety requirements consistently during all training activities.

A maximum of 15 participants are accepted for each edition to maintain a controlled professional training environment and effective instructor-to-participant supervision.

PSD (Personal Security Detail) training focuses on close protection in medium and high-risk environments, with team work, vehicle procedures, incident response and firearms use, beyond the scope of conventional urban close protection work. Detailed comparison in how CPO and PSD relate.

Participants who satisfactorily complete the programme receive one certification issued by European Security Academy: the ESA PSD Certification. The Carbine Skills Alignment block is part of Day 1 and is not certified separately. See the scope of training certification and professional licensing.

Serving close protection officers, corporate private security personnel, former military, police officers and international protection operators with documented previous training and firearms experience. See the protection career path.