NRA Instructor training consists of two parts:
Part One: Basic Instructor training (6 hours)
Part two: Discipline Specific Training (5-14 hours per discipline)
Basic Instructor Training syllabus
Opening Exercise: How to introduce a Speaker (30 minutes)
Lesson I: The Instructor and the NRA Basic
Firearm Training Program (60 minutes)
Lesson II: Using a Training Team (60 minutes)
Lesson III: Training Materials and Training
Aids (60 minutes)
Lesson IV: Organizing Your Course (60 minutes)
Lesson V: Preparing to Teach (90
minutes)
Total Classroom time for Part One: 7 hours (includes 1 hour lunch break)
Rifle Instructor Syllabus Part Two: 14 hours
Lesson VI: Introduction to NRA Basic Rifle
Shooting Course Lesson Plans (30 minutes)
Lesson VII:Teaching Rifle Lesson I –
Rifle Knowledge and Safe Handling (90 minutes)
Lesson VIII:Teaching Rifle Lesson II –
Ammunition Knowledge and the Fundamentals of Rifle Shooting (90
minutes)
Lesson IX: Basic Rifle Instructional Methods
(60 minutes)
Lesson X: Teaching Rifle Lesson III –
Firing the First Shots (90 minutes)
Lesson XI: Teaching Rifle Lesson IV –Standing
Rifle Shooting Positions (90 minutes)
Lesson XII: Teaching Rifle Lesson V –Prone
& Kneeling Rifle Shooting Positions (90 minutes)
Lesson XIII: Teaching Rifle Lesson VI –Sitting
Rifle Shooting Position and Review of Positions (90 minutes)
Lesson XIV: Evaluating and Improving
Performance of Beginning Rifle Shooters (60 minutes
Lesson XV: Teaching Rifle Lesson VII –
Rifle Sports and Activities (60 minutes)
Examination and Course Conclusion (90 minutes)
Shotgun Instructor Syllabus Part Two: 11 hours
Lesson VI: Introduction to NRA Basic Shotgun
Shooting Course Lesson Plans (30 minutes)
Lesson VII: Teaching Shotgun Lesson I –
Shotgun Knowledge and Safe Handling (90 minutes)
Lesson VIII: Teaching Shotgun Lesson II –
Ammunition Knowledge and the Fundamentals of Shotgun Shooting
(90 minutes)
Lesson IX: Basic Shotgun Instructional Methods
(60 minutes) Lesson X: Teaching Shotgun
Lesson III – Firing the First Shots (90
minutes)
Lesson XI: Teaching Shotgun Lesson IV –
Shotgun Shooting Skills Practical (90 minutes)
Lesson XII: Evaluating and Improving
Performance of Beginning Shotgun Shooters (60 minutes
Lesson XIII: Teaching Shotgun Lesson V –
Shotgun Sports and Activities (60 minutes)
Examination and Course Conclusion (90 minutes)
Personal
Protection Instructor Syllabus
Part Two: 10.5 hours
Lesson VI: Introduction to NRA Personal
Protection Course Lesson Plans (30 minutes)
Lesson VII: Teaching Personal Protection Lesson
I – Pistol Knowledge and Safe Handling (90 minutes)
Lesson VIII: Teaching Pistol Lesson II –
Ammunition Knowledge and the Fundamentals of Pistol Shooting (90
minutes)
Lesson IX: Basic Pistol Instruction Method (60
minutes)
Lesson X: Teaching Personal Protection Lesson
III – Firing the First Shots (90 minutes)
Lesson XI: Teaching Personal Protection Lesson
IV – Pistol Shooting Positions (60 minutes)
Lesson XII: Evaluating and Improving
Performance of Beginning Pistol Shooters (60 minutes)
Lesson XIII: Teaching Personal Protection
Lessons V & VI – Firearms and the Law and Avoiding
Criminal Attack (30 minutes)
Examination and Course Conclusion (90 minutes)
Home Firearm Safety Instructor Syllabus Part Two: 5 hours
Introduction to NRA Home Firearm Safety Course Lesson Plans (30 Minutes)
Lessons I & II: Gun Safety Rules and Firearm
Identification and Unloading (90 minutes)
Lessons III & IV: Safe Gun Handling & Storage
Practical Exercises, Ammunition, Firearm Cleaning and Storage (90
minutes)
Examination and Course Conclusion (90 minutes)
Pistol Instructor Syllabus Part Two: 11 hours
Lesson VI: Introduction to NRA Basic Pistol
Shooting Course Lesson Plans (30 minutes)
Lesson VII: Teaching Pistol Lesson I –
Pistol Knowledge and Safe Handling (90 minutes)
Lesson VIII: Teaching Pistol Lesson II –
Ammunition Knowledge and the Fundamentals of Pistol Shooting (90
minutes)
Lesson IX: Basic Pistol Instructional Methods
(60 minutes)
Lesson X: Teaching Pistol Lesson III –
Firing the First Shots (90 minutes)
Lesson XI: Teaching Pistol Lesson IV –
Two-Handed Standing and One-Handing Standing Shooting Positions
(90 minutes)
Lesson XII: Evaluating and Improving
Performance of Beginning Pistol Shooters (60 minutes)
Lesson XIII: Teaching Pistol Lesson V –
Pistol Sports and Activities (60 minutes)
Examination and Course Conclusion (90 minutes)
Range Safety Officer (RSO) Syllabus
Lesson I: Introduction to the NRA Basic Range
Safety Officer Course (25 minutes)
Lesson II: The Role of the NRA RSO and Range
Standard Operating Procedures (20 minutes)
Lesson III: Range Inspection and Range Rules
(60 minutes)
Lesson IV: Range Safety Briefing (85 minutes)
Lesson V: Emergency Procedures (60 minutes)
Lesson VI: Firearm Stoppages & Malfunctions
(150 minutes)
Lesson
VII: Test & Review (60 minutes test/30 minutes review) Total Class
Time 10 hours