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As a protective service officer (PSO), you'll be a frontline defender.
You'll protect important people and key locations, like:
Your day-to-day work of keeping people and places safe makes a difference. If you’re a confident communicator who stays calm under pressure and is passionate about a meaningful career, becoming a protective service officer with the AFP is where your skills and career can shine.
You could do things like:
As your AFP career progresses, you can develop advanced skills, such as:
You'll graduate with a Certificate IV in Protective Services. Use it as credit for extra studies to boost your career.
There’s a lot of opportunity in this organisation if you take it with both hands and run with it."
Josh
Protective Service Officer Inspector
If anyone is interested in applying I 100% recommend it."
Allira
Protective Service Officer
Protecting some of Australia's most important sites gives me purpose every day. We have real variety in our work and the team I patrol with keep the work exciting."
Mohit
Protective Service Officer
Join our free online career information session on Thursday 3 July from 6 pm AEST and hear from our panel of PSOs and our Recruitment team. Make sure you register to secure your place.
Protective service officers protect people and places against security threats and criminal activity. But we have other roles for sworn officers.