I am not sure if I understand your question correctly.

(FWIW I am also an NRA Basic Pistol and Home Defense instructor. However I will not be renewing my instructor certificate when it expires)

My opinion is that after taking any training course for which someone pays there should be a certificate of training given.

Regards,

Rob

 

Sounds like they're just trying to save on the cost of the paper for the certificate.

 

no NRA is getting a bigger cut of the class

You have to pay the NRA $60 to take the inline part. Instructor now either has to lower the price of their class or the student takes it in the wallet

Most student's don't give a rat's rear about certificates

Hopefully it'll be just a passing fad with NRA

 

Rob, I'm wondering if it's really that important to a person as to whether or not the program is an NRA Certified course vs. a course developed and conducted by an experienced instructor with no certification to back it up. Also, I'm curious as to why you're not renewing your certification?

 

For me personally it does not matter, but as you say some places might need it. I would think that the on line coure should be minimal(60$ for an on-line course is not, to me.) As a printable version could be Emailed to you to print. Simple to do IF you need one/want one.

 

In Wyoming, the NRA Basic Pistol Certificate satisfies the training requirement for you to get a Concealed Carry Permit. The new "blended" teaching is not popular with my fellow instructors. Gives us not enough opportunity to get to know students before we go live on the range. And it more than doubles the cost.

 

would PPITH or PPOTH work for you? Course hiring a cop or a lawyer to teach part might make it a wash

 

NRA RSO, Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun instructor. I mainly donate my time to the Scouts and their training, merit badge classes.

The blended course was "explained" to me, that too many instructors were not fully doing the full course--ie. some range time and maybe a hour or so of class time--then the student was "certified"..


I don't like the new blended course either, as many of the BSA Scouts are having issues with the new format, cost. Also, the BSA no longer has the NRA training listed in the new "training manager", and there is no way to have it listed. I think the BSA may be moving AWAY from the NRA for the scout training, or at least trying to distance the BSA from the NRA for "PC" reasons.

 

PM sent about BSA stuff -

BSA / NRA are if anything getting closer - look at the handgun program being rolled out nationally for Boy Scout level scouts