Certified Shotgun Instructor
Best For: Experienced Shotgun Shooters and Marksmen who desire to teach others, utilizing NRA Methods and Materials. Instructors must deliver these courses safely and effectively, encouraging student participation and inclusion, to NRA quality and ethical standards.
Benefits: Be part of the “Gold Standard” of training, give back to others, improve your craft and expertise.
This course consists of 2 sections: BIT (Basic Instructor Training) and NRA Shotgun Instructor Training.
BIT Course topics include:
- Ethics
- Policies and Procedures
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Organizing your Course
- Generating Publicity
- Course Training Adaptive Athletes
NRA Pistol Instructor topics include:
- Basics of Shotgun Shooting Lesson Plans (Introduction)
- Shotgun Knowledge and Safe Gun Handling
- Ammunition Knowledge and the Fundamentals of Shotgun Shooting
- Basic Shotgun Instructional Method
- Firing the First Shots
- Shotgun and the Shooting Skills- Practical Exercise
- Evaluating and Improving Performance of Beginning Rifle Shooters
- Continued Opportunities for Skill Improvement
Prerequisite: You must have completed the NRA Basics of Shotgun Shooting Course, you must be able to demonstrate safe Shotgun handling and operations with a pump action, hinge action, and semi-automatic shotgun as outlined in your BoSS Handbook. You will need to qualify on a trap range, shooting 13/25 targets hit. Documented proof ATA or NSSA match scores of greater than 50% is acceptable. I will forward the prerequisites after you have been interviewed (Questionnaire review).
IMPORTANT: Students must not be ineligible to possess a firearm. If you feel that you might have an impediment to firearm ownership, please contact the instructor prior to registration.
$395 for Tuition, Books, and Range Fees. VETS/LEO Family discounts are available, Ammunition required: 75 rounds. Course time: Approximately 16 hours over 2 day or 4 evening sessions.
Please contact us at gbdavis@gunsafety4u.com or call 727-470-0960.