5-day AR-15 / M-4 Patrol Rifle Instructor Certification Course

Course # M4IN.0520.5-SA (45-hour Course)

Course # M4IN.0525.3-SF (45-hour Course)

West Virginia DCJS Certified Course

(Accredited by the W.V. Division of Criminal Justice Services)

Texas TCLEOSE Certified Course

(Accredited by the Texas Commission on LEO Standards)

Michigan MCOLES Approved Course

(Approved by the Michigan Commission on LE Standards)

 

Pre-requisite: Our 2-day Introduction to the AR-15 / M-4 Rifle Certification Course, 2-day Basic Patrol Rifle Certification Course or firearms training course of equivalent level.

Post-Incident Legal Defense Support: This training curriculum meets ILETSB training standards. Curriculum materials; lesson plan, course itinerary, syllabus with SPO’s, student performance records, instructor certification credentials and list of supporting reference materials are available for post-incident legal defense depositions and legal defense litigation discovery.

Course Description: This challenging 5-day instructor certification course focuses on development of instructor skills to teach the use and application of the AR-15 / M-4 rifle platform.

Students will learn about methods of instruction, lesson plan development, fundamental diagnostics, establishing standards drills, qualification course development, running live-fire courses of fire and how to apply these techniques in classroom and live-fire presentations.

Students will be required to develop lesson plans for evaluated classroom presentations and live-fire range presentations using the techniques presented in this program for instructor certification.

Upon completion of this course, the student will possess the skills and knowledge necessary to instruct, evaluate, test and certify qualified operators in the safe use and deployment of the AR-15 / M-4 rifle.

Students that successfully pass the instructor standards drill, qualification course, presentation evaluations and written test are eligible to receive instructor certification.

This is a physically demanding, technical firearms training course! Students should be in good physical condition, familiar with their equipment and have solid intermediate gun-handling skills established prior to attending this firearms training course.

If you do not have a rifle for this course, Spartan Tactical can provide student loaner rifles, magazines and slings upon request.

Students have the option to use their agency issued or personally owned weapons. Select fire weapons are allowed.

The following firearms training topics will be covered:

• Firearms safety and safe gun-handling skills.

• Establishing emergency medical action plans.

• Methods of instruction and lesson plan development.

• Nomenclature of the AR-15 / M-4 rifle.

• Disassembly and re-assembly of the AR-15 / M-4 rifle.

• Function checking the AR-15 / M-4 rifle.

• Mechanical operation of the AR-15 / M-4 rifle.

• Preventive maintenance and cleaning of the AR-15 / M-4 rifle.

• Use of conventional and tactical sling systems.

• Sight adjustment and zeroing.

• Confirming mechanical off-set and hold-off POI.

• Fundamentals of shooting the AR-15 rifle and diagnostics.

• Presenting from low ready, high ready, indoor ready and SUL.

• Loading, unloading and press checking the rifle.

• Ammunition management - Emergency reloads, tactical reloads and speed reloads.

• Operating the AR-15 / M-4 rifle during semi-automatic fire.

• Operating the M-4 rifle during controlled automatic fire.

• Malfunction clearance techniques.

• Transition to secondary weapon system.

• Rifle ground fighting combative drills.

• Movement off the line of force and lateral displacement.

• Threat assessment and area scanning.

• Developing tactical aptitude.

• Multiple target drills and engaging multiple threats.

• Delivering controlled pairs and accelerated pairs.

• Tactical speed shooting the rifle.

• Drugged assailant and body armor defeating drills.

• Shooting positions - standing, kneeling and prone.

• Developing a dry-practice program and dry-practice skill drills.

• Use of cover while moving and shooting.

• Deployment during low-light conditions.

• Shooting on the move, static turns and pivots.

• Close Quarter Battle (CQB) techniques.

• Timed individual scrambler course.

• Team relay stress course drills.

• Rifle instructor standard drill test and evaluation.

• Timed Basic Rifle Qualification Course at instructor standards with certified marksmanship rating.

• Timed Combat Rifle Qualification Course at instructor standards with certified marksmanship rating.

• Written examination.

• Instructor oral presentation evaluation.

• Instructor live-fire range presentation evaluation.

Course duration: 5 days (45 hours)

Course tuition: $ 900.00

(Tuition fee includes range fee and use of loaner firearms)

Course student limit: 16

Student requirements: Note pad and pen, eye protection, ear protection, baseball type cap, heavy-duty leather or nylon pants belt, holster and magazine carriers, personal defense handgun with at least 3 magazines, an AR-15 or M-4 type rifle with iron sights, tactical sling and at least 4 magazines, hand held flashlight, knee pads, elbow pads and gun cleaning kit.

Recommended equipment: Rifle magazine carriers, rain gear, sunscreen, insect repellent, hydration system, water, weapon-mounted flashlight and clothing suitable for contact with the ground.

The tactical sling must allow the rifle to hang freely in front of the shooter. We will not be covering conventional sling use in this class.

All rifles used in this course require iron sights. We will be zeroing iron sights, red dot sights and holographic sights in this class. All optics, red dot sights and holographic sights must be capable of zero magnification.

Equipment requirements: This course will be limited to Duty Use / Personal Defense use type rifles only. 3-gun competition configured rifles will not be allowed in this course!

Standard personal defense trigger-pull weight should be between 6 - 4.5 pounds. Any rifles with competition style triggers less than 4.5 pounds will be disqualified for use in this course.

Ammunition requirements: 1500 rounds of .223 / 5.56 rifle ammunition and 100 rounds of handgun ammunition.

(Ammunition is available for purchase upon request)

Ammunition must be new manufacture (Federal, Remington, Winchester, etc.)

Absolutely no reloaded or remanufactured ammunition allowed!

 

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