Become a Certified NRA Shotgun Instructor!
Take the next step in your training career and become a certified NRA Shotgun Instructor.
The NRA Shotgun Instructor Course provides the knowledge, skills, and teaching techniques necessary to instruct students in shotgun safety, operation, and marksmanship. You will learn how to confidently deliver the NRA Basic Shotgun curriculum while maintaining the highest standards of safety and professionalism. The NRA is recognized nationally as the gold standard for safe firearm training, developing millions of safe, ethical, responsible shooters and instructors.
Upon course completion, students will become certified NRA Shotgun Instructors. We also offer a variety of additional NRA Instructor Courses to help you expand your training and credentials, including:
- Pistol
- Concealed Carry Workshop (CCW)
- Personal Protection Inside the home
- Personal Protection Outside the home
- Rifle
- Chief Range Safety Officer
NRA Membership is NOT required to become a NRA Instructor. However, being an NRA member does expedite the process of becoming an Instructor.
Course Overview
The NRA Shotgun Instructor Course prepares qualified candidates to become certified instructors capable of delivering effective classroom and live-fire training. Throughout the course, you will learn proven teaching methods, coaching techniques, and student evaluation procedures used in the NRA Education and Training Program.
The course combines classroom instruction with practical teaching exercises, giving each candidate the opportunity to develop instructional skills while demonstrating safe gun handling and shooting proficiency.
Whether your goal is to teach recreational shooters, hunters, competitive shooters, or new firearm owners, the NRA Shotgun Instructor Course provides the credentials and instructional foundation to help you succeed.
What You’ll Learn:
- NRA instructor responsibilities and teaching methodology
- Safe shotgun handling and range safety procedures
- Shotgun action types, operation, and maintenance
- Shotgun ammunition selection and terminology
- Fundamentals of shotgun shooting
- Coaching and evaluating beginning shotgun shooters
- Conducting safe and effective live-fire exercises
- Lesson planning and classroom presentation techniques
- Student performance evaluation and course administration
Requirements & Course Schedule
Requirements:
- Successfully complete the NRA Basic Shotgun Course (or provide acceptable proof of completion).
- Successfully complete the NRA Shotgun Instructor pre-course assessment.
- Demonstrate safe firearm handling, shooting proficiency, and a positive attitude toward firearm safety.
- Basic Instructor Training (BIT)
If you have completed BIT within the past two years, you are not required to attend this portion. However, you must provide a valid BIT certificate/card to verify completion in order to be exempt. Failure to provide proof will require you to complete BIT separately, as it is not included with this course and will require an additional fee.
Course Schedule
Our NRA Shotgun Instructor Course is a two day course and covers all the prerequisites to certify you as a NRA Shotgun Instructor. If you already completed some of the prerequisites, you may not need to attend both days.
Day 1- NRA Basic Shotgun Course.
If you have already completed the NRA Basic Shotgun Course, you must provide a valid certificate as proof of completion. Failure to provide proof will require you to attend and successfully complete this course.
Day 2- NRA Shotgun Instructor Course.
You must attend, complete and pass the course.
What to bring to class:
- Shotgun 12 or 20 gauge (NO TACTICAL SHOTGUNS) ***NO LIVE AMMUNITION IN THE CLASSROOM***
- 100 shotgun shells 7 1/2 or 8
- Laptop or tablet
- Note taking gear
- Pens and highlighters
- 3 ring 1″ Binder
- Baseball Cap or hat
- Safety, prescription or sun glasses
- Hearing protection (earplugs or earmuffs)
- Footwear that covers both feet entirely
- No low cut or “V” neck shirts
- Hand towel
Cost per student $450
***NO LIVE AMMUNITION IN THE CLASSROOM***