Strategic Operations Int.

State Government Self Defence

Training for personnel working in complex environments

Descriptive text

Strategic Operations International delivers specialised training for government personnel who may find themselves required to engage with angry, distressed, or aggressive individuals in the course of their duties. Our programs focus on techniques and systems that work within real operational environments, supporting personnel across frontline, regulatory, and public-facing roles.

Aligned With Government Policies and Procedures
SOI training is delivered in strict alignment with government Policies, Procedures, and legislative obligations, ensuring personnel remain compliant while maintaining personal safety. Our programs equip staff with the skills required to manage behaviours of concern, including situations involving anger, aggression, or potential violence, while maintaining professionalism, control, and duty of care.

Practical Skills for High-Exposure Roles
SOI training goes beyond theory.

We specialise in developing real self-preservation and self-protection skills for personnel who, by the nature of their roles, may need to operate in vulnerable or high-risk situations.

Core capability areas include:
Situational Awareness
Conflict Management
Physical Self-Defence Skills
These skills support early risk recognition, effective de-escalation, and lawful personal protection when avoidance is no longer possible.

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

Training can be held at your location, or at the SOI Training Centre.
You can select one training Module option or a combination, depending on your requirements.

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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