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ICA Class-A Online 'Certified CPTED Practitioner' training 6 weeks at 3 hours per week plus project starting 24th November 2025

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To join this CPTED training please click the TITLE  above then login /register on the site and you will be then taken to the payment page.

This certified CPTED training of 3 hours online weekly study over 6 weeks can be studied from 16 September 2025 at times that suit each participant.  It includes: weekly study material of online videos and exercises, plus an optional weekly 45 min online Q&A session with CPTED expert to answer any questions you have, a forum and email support. On satisfactory completion of the training each individual receives an ICA Class A CPTED Certificate of Training.

The training covers: new 10 CPTED principles, basic CPTED audits, crime risk assessments, the new international CPTED standard, ISO 22341:2021 and fulfils the ICA Class A Unit Competencies. 

New material and updates in this CPTED training:

  • New findings about LIGHTING for crime prevention
  • New information on using GREEN SPACES to reduce crime
  • Choosing best SOCIAL CPTED methods of crime prevention
  • Updated section on calculating RETURN ON INVESTMENT of CPTED
  • New section on 'Working in Multidisciplinary Teams'
  • New insights from neophobia in CPTED and crime prevention
  • Up dated free CPTED Report template
  • Ongoing access to course material

$795 plus GST (Payment by credit card via PayPal - or via purchase order and invoice)

Registration and login required before payment can be made.
Organisations registering staff by purchase order please go to the CPTED Training section at  https://designoutcrime.org.
Discount of 12% for any organisaition  with 10 or more participants in a course.

Introduction to CPTED (4 hour ONLINE course with certificate)

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 To join this CPTED training please click the TITLE  above then login /register on the site and you will be then taken to the payment page.

The Introduction to CPTED course is a certificated basic foundation CPTED course for community safety staff, rangers, new security staff, small business managers, and planning and architecture professionals aimed to introduce professionals to the basics of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED).

The course provides a a basic grounding in the physical CPTED principles to reduce crime. There are 10 lessons each with a CPTED activity with multi-choice question assessment.  Note: This course doe not include the social CPTED  and environmental CPTED methods  of ISO 22341:2021.
A personalized and recorded certificate is awarded for completion of the Introduction to CPTED course with an average mark of 70% or more.

Expected time to complete this course is 4 hours.
$49.95 inc. GST (payment by credit card or PayPal).

Note: For more comprehensive CPTED training please see our ICA-certified CPTED programs.

Calculating Return on Investment of CPTED as required by ISO 22341 (FREE) 2023-01-05

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ISO 22341 international CPTED standard requires Return on Investment of (ROI) of CPTED intervention to be positive.

That is, all CPTED interventions  must be guaranteed to provide greater benefits than their costs. This means ROI of CPTED interventions must be calculated in relation to the CPTED situation being addressed and involves:

  • Targeting CPTED and identifying priority crime types to be addressed
  • Identifying the amount of annual crime risk for those crime types
  • Identifying the annual cost of those crime risks
  • Identifying the annual cost of the CPTED intervention
  • Calculating the Return on Investment of the CPTED intervention to ensure that it is positive.
This ROI of CPTED course is intended for certified CPTED professionals and practitioners, police, local government staff, planners, architects and security professionals and anyone interested in best practice in crime prevention and CPTED.
 
The course is designed as a general purpose course for implementing ISO 22341 and as an additional program support course  for our certified 5-day and 2-day CPTED training programs from the Design Out Crime and CPTED Centre.
 
This draft of this online training course is currently made freely available through www.cybercpted.org. Registration is required. Feedback is welcomed.  course .
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