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Formerly known as Modern Defensive Tactics Australia (MDTA)

Corporate Training

Equipping professionals for complex environments worldwide.

Corporate Self Defence

Training for personnel working in complex environments

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Strategic Operations International delivers practical, prevention-focused training for organisations operating in low, medium to high-risk environments. Our programs strengthen Situational Awareness, Conflict Management, and lawful personal safety skills, enabling staff to recognise risk early, de-escalate effectively, and respond appropriately when avoidance is no longer possible.

All training is aligned with State WHS obligations, duty of care requirements, and organisational policies, ensuring preparedness without compromising compliance. Every workplace is different. That's why our training is custom-built to your operational environment, empowering personnel to manage behaviours of concern safely, confidently, and professionally.

Staff safety is not optional. Preparedness matters.

Practical Skills for High-Exposure Roles
Our training goes beyond theory.
SOI specialises in equipping personnel working in high-risk or high-exposure roles with practical self-preservation and self-protection skills that can be applied in real-world situations.

Core capability areas include:
Situational Awareness
Conflict Management
Physical Self-Defence Techniques

These skills are essential for personnel who routinely operate in vulnerable, high-pressure, or unpredictable environments.

Other Information
Maximum 20 participants per program
(No minimum participant requirement)

Program Options
(Dependent on training Module requirements)
2-Hour Program
4-Hour Program
6-Hour Program

Training Package Options

You can select one training Module option or a combination of Modules, depending on your requirements.

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Situational Awareness training is for personnel dealing with behaviours of concern in low, medium, and high-risk environments. Trained Situational Awareness will them an edge, an edge to identify behaviours of concern and avoid physical confrontations, or if unavoidable, put them in a position of advantage.

SOI Situational Awareness training will teach your personnel to determine the difference between odd and suspicious behaviours and identify indicators that require quick intervention to avoid any possible threat.

SOI Situational Awareness training has NO Physical Self Defence techniques taught; it is Situational Awareness only.

Module 1: Situational Awareness
Developing situational awareness.
Optimal situational awareness.
The OODA Loop.
WYORB - The colour code system.
Observation skills.
Behavioural analysis.
Baselines & anomalies.

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Conflict Management training is for personnel who face the challenges of behaviours of concern, to develop skills to deal with behaviours that place them and others at risk.

Our Conflict Management training offers a "person centred" approach, and gives personnel the skills to approach behaviours of concern in a positive and effective way dealing with facing challenging behaviour in a positive and effective manner.

This program provides a framework and techniques for Conflict Management where direct intervention by personnel has become necessary to prevent actual harm to themselves, or any other individual. Applying negotiation and deescalation skills for harm minimisation.

Module 2: Conflict Management
Dealing with anger & aggression.
Defining behaviour.
Dealing with compliant, belligerent and non-compliant behaviour.
Threat assessment.
Verbal & physical assertiveness.
Prevention strategies.
Conflict management techniques.

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Physical Self Defence training is for dealing with aggression and violence. We don't just teach the physical skills required, we also cover the psychology of anger, aggression, violence and self preservation. This program specifically deals with self defence strategies and applications for the work place. Looking at the realities of anger, aggression and how to survive an aggressive or violent encounter.

Techniques range from evade and escape techniques to full use of force depending on the organisation's policies and procedures.

Note: Physical Self Defence techniques range from:

1. Evade & Escape Techniques.
(To get out of harms way as soon as possible with physical redirect and escape techniques)

2. Use of Force Self Defence.
(The Physical Self Defence skills to use what force is necessary to defend themselves and stop a threat)

3. Third Party Protection.
(For personnel where there is a need to intervene in a physical situation involving others)

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Module 3: Physical Self Defence
Threat assessment.
The law & self defence.
Controlling distance & position.
Responding to belligerent and non-compliant behaviour.
Verbal & physical responses.
Industry specific physical techniques.

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