A Little Help

[CigarStix]

Hey gang, I'm planning to take the NRA Basic Pistol Instructor course next month.

How did most of you find opportunities to teach? Of course, I ultimately want to do my own thing, but I want to get some experience under my belt first.
Did you contact your LGS? Are there NRA "job boards"? I will eventually get my CHL Instructor Cert, but I understand that could be up to a year down the road due to the long wait.

Any guidance would be appreciated!

I live in the NW Houston area, so if anyone needs some help, let me know!

Thanks!

[1stpalindrone]

Once you have taken the NRA Basic Instructor Training class (BIT), you have the option to be listed as an NRA Instructor for your disipline, i.e., Pistol, Rifle, etc. on the NRA website under education. You will get calls depending on demand for the class in your area.

I offer the NRA Basic Pistol Shooting Course and also depending on the students experience the NRA First Steps Pistol Orientation program to future CHL students to get them prepared with the knoweledge, skills and safety aspects of owning/using a firearm.

You might also have local Boy Scouts that will be interested in different shooting classes now that the BSA offers Merit Badges for shooting.

Hope this answers some of your q's

[MamaK]

Boy Scouts badge is in rifle, not pistol. If you establish a charity, you can apply to the NRA for a grant to teach the class to boy scouts for free.
You will also want to consider getting your RSO. You really should read up on the NRA a bit more..

"Probably the best initial experience for a new trainer is to team-teach a course with an
established, experienced training team or, as an alternative, to audit the course conducted
by such a team. This allows the new trainer to gain confidence and to see, first-hand,
how the course progresses smoothly from start to finish."

the NRA instructor rating is good for those working DoD and DoS security contracts. As for civvie side classes, it depends. Your course materials cost a bit more per student than CHL (I think roughly between 7 to 16 dollars per packet depending on the course. You can't get around that.) You'll get all this from your NRA counsel.

[RottenApple]

Boy Scouts badge is in rifle, not pistol. If you establish a charity, you can apply to the NRA for a grant to teach the class to boy scouts for free.
You will also want to consider getting your RSO. You really should read up on the NRA a bit more..

"Probably the best initial experience for a new trainer is to team-teach a course with an
established, experienced training team or, as an alternative, to audit the course conducted
by such a team. This allows the new trainer to gain confidence and to see, first-hand,
how the course progresses smoothly from start to finish."

the NRA instructor rating is good for those working DoD and DoS security contracts. As for civvie side classes, it depends. Your course materials cost a bit more per student than CHL (I think roughly between 7 to 16 dollars per packet depending on the course. You can't get around that.) You'll get all this from your NRA counsel.

Just an FYI, pistol shooting is a badge available for Venture & Sea Scouts.

[MamaK]

Boy Scouts badge is in rifle, not pistol. If you establish a charity, you can apply to the NRA for a grant to teach the class to boy scouts for free.
You will also want to consider getting your RSO. You really should read up on the NRA a bit more..

"Probably the best initial experience for a new trainer is to team-teach a course with an
established, experienced training team or, as an alternative, to audit the course conducted
by such a team. This allows the new trainer to gain confidence and to see, first-hand,
how the course progresses smoothly from start to finish."

the NRA instructor rating is good for those working DoD and DoS security contracts. As for civvie side classes, it depends. Your course materials cost a bit more per student than CHL (I think roughly between 7 to 16 dollars per packet depending on the course. You can't get around that.) You'll get all this from your NRA counsel.

Just an FYI, pistol shooting is a badge available for Venture & Sea Scouts.

They are the older group, but what I wrote is applicable.

"Effective May 1, 2010, the minimum age requirement will be changed to 14 years of age, or 13 years of age and completion of the eighth grade. The maximum age for participation remains under 21 years of age."
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"You must also have an NRA range safety officer certification for the person who is running the range. There must be two separate people running your event. "
So, you will need a partner who is an RSO (or an instructor, and you get your RSO)

Boy scouts
Rifle Shooting
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and
Shotgun Shooting.

If you want to do Pistol, it will be with the older age groups and you will need an RSO partner.

[Skiprr]

the NRA instructor rating is good for those working DoD and DoS security contracts. As for civvie side classes, it depends.

The NRA is and has always been a civilian organization. Why do you say being a certified instructor "is good for those working DoD and DoS security contracts," but infer that civilian certification is questionable?

Your course materials cost a bit more per student than CHL (I think roughly between 7 to 16 dollars per packet depending on the course. You can't get around that.) You'll get all this from your NRA counsel.

No, NRA instructors order course materials directly from the NRA. The Basic Pistol Course student packet is $11.00; the Personal Protection in the Home student packet is $9.95; the Home Firearm Safety student packet is $7.00.

[RottenApple]

I suspect that the Department of State (DoS) and the Department of Defense (DOD) provide advanced National and International Training Certifications that only cleared personnel are permitted to attend, such as a WPPS training that is 60 days long or Foreign weapons courses in the military. Two areas that the common person will not get, of course any person can pay money for some "Tactical" school offering advanced training similar to the above. don't get me wrong, Civilian Certifications are good, just not the same. Besides the Government pays a person to attend courses not the other way around.

From what my TC said (I have not independently verified this), the NRA provides the training & course materials for most, if not all, military & federal agent firearms training. He (NRA Training Counselor William Crowe) has personally assisted in teaching some of those basic firearms classes for the FBI and a few other agencies. He was even contracted to go to England to teach SAS officers over there. He had some really cool stories about that trip.

[Keith B]

I suspect that the Department of State (DoS) and the Department of Defense (DOD) provide advanced National and International Training Certifications that only cleared personnel are permitted to attend, such as a WPPS training that is 60 days long or Foreign weapons courses in the military. Two areas that the common person will not get, of course any person can pay money for some "Tactical" school offering advanced training similar to the above. don't get me wrong, Civilian Certifications are good, just not the same. Besides the Government pays a person to attend courses not the other way around.

Being an NRA certified instructor is one of, but not the only requirement for DoD and DoS instructors. Each department/agency will have various requirements for their instructors depending on the need of the individuals and the course being taught.