NRA Firearms Instructor Development Course
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 02/26/2020 - 2:39pm
Event Date:
Repeats every day until Fri Mar 06 2020 .
March 4, 2020 - 9:00am
Event Date:
March 5, 2020 - 9:00am
Event Date:
March 6, 2020 - 9:00am Carson Guns has teamed up with Reno Guns & Range to host an NRA Basic Pistol Shooting Course on Wednesday March 4, 2020 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and an NRA Pistol Instructor course on March 5-6, 2020. Both courses will be taught by NRA Appointed Training Counselor Randall Brooks, a Carson City local.
The NRA Basic Pistol Shooting Course – (Instructor Led Only) will emphasize the safe and proper handling and use of pistols. Participants will learn about firearm safety, parts and operation, shooting fundamentals, care and cleaning, storage options, selection, and more.
During the NRA Instructor course, the instructor candidates will learn NRA policies and procedures; basic public speaking skills; training methodology; use of a training team and training aids; organizing a course, building a budget; and finally preparing to teach.
In addition, candidates will be provided the appropriate lesson plans and basic course student packets. Role-playing is a major part of an instructor course, Candidates take turns working in teams, actually conducting portions of the course to other candidates who portray basic students.
Instructor training courses are conducted by NRA Training Counselors. Training Counselors are active and experienced instructors who have been certified by NRA to train experienced shooters to teach others to shoot. Training Counselors will evaluate candidates' performance based on their ability to handle the firearms with confidence, use of appropriate training aids, following the lesson plans and meeting all learning objectives, while utilizing the teaching philosophies expected of NRA Certified Instructors. Candidates can also expect to learn the NRA discipline specific instructional methods and evaluating and improving the performance of beginning shooters.
For details on the course, call Carson Guns & Training at 775-350-7800
A note about the NRA:
Since 1871, a major objective of the National Rifle Association has been to provide education and training in the safe and proper use of firearms. Today the NRA continues this tradition of training through various programs.
The NRA continues to be the leader in firearms education.
In the 1960’s the NRA became the only national trainer of law enforcement officers with the introduction of its NRA Police Firearms Instructor certification program. Today, there are more than 13,000 NRA-certified police and security firearms instructors.
NRA has 7,000 certified coaches who are specially trained to work with young competitive shooters from across the country.
There are over 125,000 NRA certified instructors who train about 1,000,000 gun owners a annually. Courses available are basic rifle, pistol, shotgun, muzzleloading firearms, personal protection, even ammunition reloading.
Currently there are just over 2000 NRA Appointed Training Counselors nationwide who are active and experienced instructors who have been certified by NRA to train experienced shooters to teach others to shoot following NRA Standards. For more information about this or other NRA Training opportunities visit https://home.nra.org/.
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