A right-wing extremist charged over an anti-Islamic mock beheading at a mosque protest is in a legal battle to become a licensed security guard.

Christopher Shortis appeared in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal on Monday after police rejected his 2018 application.

United Patriots Front founding member Chris Shortis leaves VCAT on Monday. Credit:Chris Hopkins

Mr Shortis told the hearing that he’d learnt a lot since the beheading incident and even did his security training at a Broadmeadows centre “run by Muslims”.

“I get along with people fine,” he said.