Section 79-11-006 - Firearms Instructor Certification and Recertification006.01 The Council shall establish a training course for firearms instructors in the state of Nebraska which will be offered by the Training Center as needed. The Council-approved Firearms Instructor Course shall include, but not be limited to, the following subjects: B. Range safety and commandsE. Techniques of instruction (students will be expected to write and present a lesson plan)I. Review of weapon nomenclature for revolver's, semiautomatic pistols & shotgunsJ. Care, maintenance and handgun inspectionM. Handgun shooting courses, including the Council-approved Annual Handgun Qualification CourseP. Practical line exercisesS. Completion of written examinations andT. Successfully completing the Council-approved Handgun Qualification CourseU. Successfully complete a 12-hour apprenticeship with the certifying academy. Officers employed by agencies with an academy may conduct the apprenticeship with their academy agency regardless of certifying academy.006.02 A student who satisfactorily completes the Firearms Instructor's Course will be issued a certificate, which will be valid to the end of the third calendar year from the date of certification. An instructor who possesses a valid certificate can conduct and administer the State's annual Handgun Qualification Course as well as other firearms training. 006.02A Nebraska Firearms Instructor Certification may also be awarded to law enforcement officers or individuals exercising law enforcement duties under a special deputy status who have attended and successfully completed other recognized law enforcement training programs including but not limited to programs offered by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, or the Federal Bureau of Investigations other government training programs and some private training programs. Applications for this certification process are submitted to the Training Center. The Training Center shall review the application in comparison to the current certification curriculum. The application shall be placed on the Council's agenda with a recommendation for or against approval by the Director.
006.02B To be considered by the Council, the outside instructor's course must meet or exceed the Council-approved instructor's course as conducted by the Training Center. Applicants will be required to submit supporting documentation along with the request for certification. All applications will be considered on a case-by-case, individual basis.006.03 Before the end of the third calendar year after the initial firearms instructor's certification and within every three full-calendar years thereafter, the individual instructor shall attend and successfully complete a firearms instructor's recertification course that is approved by the Council. Such recertification training is necessary in order to be continued to be recognized as a Nebraska Certified Firearms Instructor. 006.03A The Training Center will conduct the recertification course on an annual basis. The Firearms Instructor Recertification Course shall be at least eight (8) hours in length and include, but not be limited to the following topics: course orientation, current legal issues, teaching strategies, safety and maintenance updates and open forum discussion on firearms topics.006.03B Recertification training that is provided by an agency not affiliated with the Training Center may be considered in determining whether the individual instructor has met the recertification standard. Attendance and successful completion of training programs including, but not limited to, programs offered and conducted by Smith and Wesson Company, Glock, Inc., Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Glynco, Georgia, or the Federal Bureau of Investigations may be reviewed by the Council in order to determine whether the course meets or exceeds the recertification requirements. Applications for this recertification process should be made to the Council, through the Training Center; applicants must submit supporting documentation along with the request. Each application will be considered on a case-by-case, individual basis.006.03C If the Council determines that the recertification course offered by an outside agency meets or exceeds the Council's approved course, the instructor shall have his/her Firearms Instructor Certificate renewed for three years.006.04 Applicants for Firearms Instructor Training must successfully qualify on the Nebraska State Handgun Qualification Course with a minimum score of ninety percent (90%) to be accepted into either the Firearms Instructor Course or the Firearms Instructor Recertification Course. Applicants in either the Firearms Instructor Course or the Firearms Instructor Recertification Course must successfully complete all course assignments including scoring an eighty (80) percent on both a written examination and a ninety (90) percent on the Council-approved Firearms Instructor Qualification Course.006.05 Instructors who do not successfully complete the recertification course within the prescribed time shall no longer be recognized as a firearms instructor in the state of Nebraska unless an extension has been granted by the Council pursuant to section 008.006.06 In situations where a firearms instructor's certification has lapsed and/or no extension has been granted, the individual's original Firearms Instructor's Certification becomes void and the individual must again attend and successfully complete the Firearms Instructor Course.79 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 11, § 006