Date/Time
Date(s) - March 2, 2024 - March 3, 2024
9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Location
17th Buxton Scout HQ
See the air rifle instructors course information below, or you can jump straight to the form to request a place
The NSRA Youth Proficiency Scheme Tutor’s qualification is the basic air rifle instructors course. It is the minimum qualification to instruct air rifle as an activity amongst youth organisations and the outdoor education sector. It equips the adult instructor with all of the knowledge to prepare for and run activity sessions in air rifle shooting.
The course will run over 2 days and covers:
- Air rifle safety
- Developing shooting technique to get the most accurate results.
- Parts of the air rifle and how to look after them.
- How to construct a safe air rifle range both indoors and outdoors.
- How to safely instruct others in the use of the range and the air rifles.
- The law relating to the use of air rifles.
- How to deal with common problems when instructing young people in an air rifle session.
- Ways to run your air rifle sessions to make them age and size suitable.
- Information about different types of air rifle and targets so you can build up your own equipment.
Course details
The cost of the course is £130.
The air rifle instructors course is a mixture of theory and practical sessions. You don’t need any experience shooting an air rifle as full instruction is part of the course. You do need to come with an open mind and plenty of enthusiasm. There is no exam as such, but there will be an assessment so that you can demonstrate the safe operation of an air rifle and the safe management of an air rifle session. Don’t worry, everything you need to do both of these things is in this air rifle instructors course.
The course costs include registration of your qualification with the NSRA and the comprehensive course handbook.
Air rifle instructors course tutor
The course tutor is Andrew Nimmo. Andrew started his coaching journey with the YPS tutors diploma course in the dim and distant past. He runs this course on a regular basis and is quite happy to discuss your individual needs and tweak the course so that everyone gets what they need from it. As well as working with PeakSmart, Andrew is currently coaching within the British Shooting Pathway Programme with the Talent Academy. He is also a Scout leader in Buxton.
Request a place on the air rifle instructors course
There are 12 places on the course. You can register for a place on the course using the form below. Registration is online, but most of the process, including payment, is offline.
The person applying must be over the age of 18 to complete the course and must be over the age of 21 to run shooting activities with under 14’s.
On registration you should receive an email to let you know you have asked for a place, followed up by a confirmation email. These messages are both created by the bookings page and indicate that you have successfully registered for a place. If you don’t receive an email, please check your junk folder.
You need to complete the following steps to confirm your place on the course:
- We require a deposit of £60 per person (although you can choose to pay the whole course fee).
- We will ask for information required on the NSRA registration form. This is so the registration process is speedier on the course date.
We will send out a request for information promptly. We can hold your place for 7 days while you organise the information and payment.
Approximately 2 weeks before the NSRA YPS Course we will send out the final course information and request final payment. We require payment to confirm your place.
If you have any questions then contact us through email. For a map, check out the Google maps link.