certified to teach?

[trlcavscout]

A friend of mine asked what you have to do to teach like ccw classes. What classes you need? Nra instructors course?

[StagLefty]

Certified NRA Instructor.That's the only one I'm familiar with. [Beer]

[275RLTW]

18-12-202. Definitions. (http://www.michie.com/colorado/lpext.dll?f=FifLink&t=document-frame.htm&l=query&iid=3998343b.453b7660.0.0&q=%5BGroup%20%2718-12-202%27%5D)

As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Bureau" means the Colorado bureau of investigation within the department of public safety.
(2) "Certified instructor" means an instructor for a firearms safety course who is certified as a firearms instructor by:
(a) A county, municipal, state, or federal law enforcement agency;
(b) The peace officers standards and training board created in section 24-31-302 (http://www.michie.com/colorado/lpext.dll?f=FifLink&t=document-frame.htm&l=jump&iid=COCODE&d=24-31-302&sid=3998343b.453b7660.0.0#JD_24-31-302), C.R.S.;
(c) A federal military agency; or
(d) A national nonprofit organization that certifies firearms instructors, operates national firearms competitions, and provides training, including courses in personal protection, in small arms safety, use, and marksmanship.

[BigBear]

I'm certified to teach... oh, you mean firearms... well, if you want to learn about music, let me know! AHAH.

[Beer]

[trlcavscout]

After checking it out I may do it. Get me out of the house for a whole weekend!

[colblaster]

yep, certified NRA instructor is the deal.
However, once you get certified to teach, the big issue is finding a facility where you can teach.
Most of the ranges in Southern Colorado are very difficult to get access to for teaching purposes.

[StagLefty]

Most of the ranges do their own in-house courses. So if your an independent Instructor it may be hard to get a shooting facility.

[sneakerd]

What you need to do is start by volunteering with an established local training school, like DRT (Defensive Response Training), or maybe Meanstreets. They're not going to let you do much until you've proven yourself, nor will they pay you. You'll have to "work" a lot of weekends helping out, mostly setting up and tearing down to earn your stripes. You'll also have to attend all of the Colorado classes you can afford, like from Meanstreets, DRT, Juarez, Valhalla, etc. Only then will your name get on with local instructors. Do enough of that and you'll be able to asist/instruct at one of those schools. Imho, that's the only way in unless you're a certified, recognized 3-gun multi-time champion. It helps quite a bit to have been a local black belt martial arts instructor. Not just for a week or 2.

[275RLTW]

Don't forget insurance....You don't want to know how big of a check that is flying out the door every month. Plan on $2K per month, MINIMUM. Mention firearms to the insurance agent and you can hear his smile grow.

[Graves]

Mention firearms to the insurance agent and you can hear his smile grow.

It's bad when you can actually hear it. [Tooth]

[colblaster]

NRA instructor insurance is actually quite cheap.

Surprisingly affordable actually.

[Great-Kazoo]

NRA instructor insurance is actually quite cheap.

Surprisingly affordable actually.

Providing you are doing a NRA specific course. Any variation of the course and ins coverage is not.