Course Description: This course is intended to develop NRA Range Safety Officers who possess the knowledge, skills, and attitudes essential to organizing, conducting, and supervising safe shooting activities and range operations. This course is strongly recommended for instructors as well as anyone running a firing line at a commercial or gun club range, or anyone working as a match official at any type of shooting competition.

Topics: The role of the range safety officer, range inspection and range rules, range safety briefing, emergency procedures, firearm stoppages and malfunctions, review and test.

Length: eight hours

Prerequisites: previous shooting experience

Required Equipment: none

Optional Equipment: See the general policies page for suggestions on food, drink, clothing, etc.

Taught by: Karl Rehn and/or Penny Riggs

Facility: A-Zone Range

Times: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Scheduled: 1-2 times a year

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