Firearms Instructor/Senior Range Safety Officer I

Overview:

The Firearms Instructor/Senior Range Safety Officer will serve as a range safety officer and course administrator for firearms training courses with responsibility for planning, organizing, and presenting and/or managing the presentation of one or more of these courses and for evaluating training effectiveness to ensure that objectives are met. The incumbent will also serve as a Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC) subject matter expert on firearms.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Operates the Diplomatic Security (DS) range facility and judgmental use of force facility ensuring compliance with OSHA and/or EPA standards and regulations
• Plans, organizes and instructs/manages the presentation of firearms training courses, which may include basic and advanced firearms and use of deadly force
• Conducts firearms and deadly force scenario-based training; provides appropriate after action reviews and feedback to trainees
• Applies U.S. Constitutional law, relevant case law, and DS policies to firearms training and use of force scenarios
• Reviews established training objectives, lesson plans, training materials, and instructional methods prior to the beginning of assigned courses
• Researches and reviews current reports related to DS and introduces applicable information into firearms training courses
• Resolves problems that occur in the preparation for and during training
• Evaluates training effectiveness to ensure that training objectives have been met
• Complies with all Federal Law Enforcement Training and Accreditation (FLETA) standards
• Complies with all DS and Firearms Training program policies, procedures, and standards
• Reviews and analyzes trainee evaluations, feedback from other instructors, and personal observations
• Identifies need for and assists with revisions to course content and materials or instructional methods as necessary to improve the firearms training curriculum effectiveness and quality
• Participates in curriculum review conferences
• Ensures optimum efficiency in the use of assigned resources
• Assists instructors in other security related subjects
• Establishes and maintains liaison with a broad array of law enforcement, security, military, government and civilian organizations related to security and firearms techniques, tactics, and procedures
• Keeps abreast of current security techniques, methods, and procedures in firearms training through attendance at training sessions, seminars, and workshops
• Provides technical guidance to managers, law enforcement employees, and students on basic and complex topics related to firearms and use of deadly force
• Assists in scheduling and planning classes by developing and maintaining close contact with program coordinators as well as with other appropriate training entities
• Submits training records in a timely manner
• Serves as subject matter expert for the design of new training
• Tests/evaluates new training courses and instructional materials
• Tests/evaluates new and updated firearms, ammunition, and related equipment
• Assists with equipment inventory and maintenance for assigned training programs
• Maintains requisite levels of proficiency in all duty-related techniques and procedures to include 90% on all graded DS courses of fire

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None

Education and/or Experience:

• Must have a high school diploma
• Must be a certified firearms training instructor
• Completion of a recognized instructor development training course preferred
• 1-3 (one-three) years of firearms instructor experience required with evidence of increasing work responsibility in a firearms training environment

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Must have excellent people and organizational skills
• Must be proficient in firing, handling, and giving instruction on a variety of revolvers, pistols, submachine guns, carbines, rifles, machine guns, and grenade launchers
• Expert knowledge of health and safety standards for firearms ranges and training facilities
• Knowledge of security concepts, principles, and practices to provide basic training in the application of firearms use
• Knowledge of security programs, operations, and techniques, including terrorism and anti-terrorism operations, use of force, civil liability, with respect to firearms and appropriate techniques, tactics, and procedures
• Knowledge of current protective security methods to provide instruction that is consistent with currently accepted methods and practices
• Familiarity with the functions, responsibilities, and duties of Foreign Service personnel preferred
• Basic knowledge of adult learning principles,