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section .0900 – trainer certificate


Published: 2015

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section .0900 – trainer certificate

 

14B NCAC 16 .0901          REQUIREMENTS FOR A FIREARMS TRAINER

CERTIFICATE

(a)  Firearms trainer applicants

shall:

(1)           meet the minimum standards established by

Rule .0703 of this Chapter;

(2)           have a minimum of one year of supervisory

experience in security with a contract security company or proprietary security

organization, or one year of experience with any federal, state, county or

municipal law enforcement agency;

(3)           attain a 90 percent score on a firearm's

prequalification course approved by the Board and the Secretary of Public

Safety, with a copy of the firearm's course certificate to be kept on file in

the administrator's office;

(4)           complete

a training course approved by the Board and the Secretary of Public Safety which

shall consist of a minimum of 40 hours of classroom and practical range

training in handgun and shotgun safety and maintenance, range operations, night

firearm training, control and safety procedures, and methods of handgun and

shotgun firing;

(5)           pay the certified trainer application fee

established in Rule .0903(a)(1) of this Section; and

(6)           successfully complete the requirements of

the Unarmed Trainer Certificate set forth in Rule .0909 of this Section.

(b)  The applicant's score on the prequalification course

set forth in Subparagraph (a)(3) of this Rule is valid for 180 days after

completion of the course.

(c)  In lieu of completing the training course set forth in

Subparagraph (a)(4) of this Rule, an applicant may submit to the Board a

current Criminal Justice Specialized Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor

Certificate from the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training

Standards Commission.

(d)  In lieu of Subparagraphs (a)(2) and (4) of this Rule,

an applicant may establish that the applicant satisfies the conditions set

forth in G.S. 93B-15.1(a) for firearm instruction and two years of verifiable

experience within the past five years in the U.S. Armed Forces as a firearms

instructor.

(e)  All applicants subject to Paragraphs (c) and (d) of

this Rule shall comply with the provisions of Subparagraph (a)(3), pay the

application amount as set forth in Rule .0903 of this Section, and complete the

eight-hour course given by the Board on rules and regulations.

(f)  In addition to the requirement of Section .0200 of this

Chapter, an applicant for a firearms trainer certificate who is the spouse of

an active duty member of the U.S. Armed Forces shall establish that the applicant

satisfies the conditions set forth in G.S. 93B-15.1(b).

(g)  A Firearms Trainer Certificate expires two years after

the date of issuance.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 74C-5; 74C-9; 74C-13;

93B-15.1;

Eff. June 1, 1984;

Amended Eff. July 1, 2014; October 1, 2013; December 1,

2008; January 1, 2008; August 1, 2004; November 1, 1991;

Transferred and Recodified from 12 NCAC 07D .0901 Eff.

July 1, 2015;

Amended Eff. October 1, 2015.