Firearms Instructor Training

Course Description

This training program will follow the guidelines established by the WI Law Enforcement Standards Board as they relate to Firearms.
The course will be a minimum of 56 classroom hours. Instructor candidates will participate in numerous skill-building exercises.

Please note: The focus of this course is to develop marksmanship teaching skills and not basic marksmanship skills,
therefore, each candidate should have above average marksmanship skills.

Prerequisite: CJIDC or WTCS certification course #52

Course topics include:

> Conducting safe firearms training

> Firearm Instructor skill development

> Lesson plan development

> Student evaluations

> Remediation of student deficiencies

Equipment:

~Students will need to bring their department use of force policy
~Duty gear including gun belt and firearm
~500 rounds of Handgun Ammunition, training gun (if available)
~250 rounds of Rifle Ammunition, Squad Rifle (if available)
~Appropriate training/workout clothing
~Pen and paper

Please note two new State required changes made to the Firearms Instructor Training Course:

1. There have been 16 more hours added to the new curriculum for a total of 56 hours. The new curriculum includes 4 days of pistol instruction and 3 days of rifle instruction. The officers who go through the new training will be certified as Pistol and Rifle Instructors - consistent with the new LESB certification.

2. Another change requires officers to come the first day of class with a completed Rifle and Pistol Skills Competency Checklists (click on links below). The checklists MUST be completed prior to class by a certified rifle and pistol law enforcement instructor.

3. Bring to class a completed DJ-LE 336 state form (click on link below).

*NOTE: PRINT & BRING THE BELOW SYLLABUS, TRAINING GUIDE & INSTUCTOR MANUAL TO CLASS

Blank Syllabus

Student Text - Training Guide

Handgun and Rifle Instructor Manual

Handgun Qualification Standard

Rifle Qualification Standard

Instructor Manual

*NOTE: PRINT & HAVE THE BELOW CHECKLISTS & DJ-LE 336 COMPLETED BY FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR:
(BRING TO CLASS COMPLETED)

Rifle Skills Competency Checklist

Pistol Skills Competency Checklist

DJ-LE 336

Syllabus will be available at a later date

Location: MATC Oak Creek
Room: A130 / Firing Range
Approximate Cost: $275.00

Firearms Instructor Training - Reservation Form
Parking Permit

For additional information call Lori La Bre (414) 570-4461, labrel@matc.edu or Pat Martin (414) 571-4590, martinpd@matc.edu.