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4-H Shooting Training Courses
March 16-17, 2012

State 4-H certification will be offered in the shotgun, rifle, pistol, muzzleloader and archery disciplines. Participants will be able to obtain certification in a single discipline as a Certified 4-H Shooting Sports Instructor.

Certified 4-H Shooting Sports Instructor Training: This two day course emphasizes youth education and development, instruction, marksmanship and firearms safety. Additional sessions will provide training for county agents, program assistants, and volunteers in developing and implementing shooting sports programs, firearms and range safety, and descriptions of competitive opportunities including the state competitions.

Those who wish to coordinate and/or instruct youth in any 4-H shooting sports club at local practices or for competition at any state level activity, event or program are required to receive this certification as a 4-H Shooting Sports Instructor. Teen Leaders (16 or older) are eligible to enroll in this course. A participant will receive Teen Leader certification in one shooting disciplines from the list above (1st paragraph). Teen Leaders will be qualified to train county youth in their discipline under supervision of a certified adult.

Hunter Education Instructor Certification and both Compass & Orienteering and 4-H/YHEC Safety Trail short-courses are scheduled for Thursday (March 15) evening (7:00 p.m.), prior to the Instructor Training Workshop, which commences Friday, March 16. These courses are optional, and you may sign up for either the C&O and /or Safety Trail OR the Hunter Ed. Instructor. You will need to have taken the AGFC Hunter Education student course to be eligible for the Hunter Ed. Instructor Training. The application for the Hunter Ed. Instructor Course is in this packet, and must be returned with other registration materials if you plan on taking the course.  There is no pre-requisite for the Compass & Orienteering and Safety Trail short-courses, and they will cover everything coaches need to know for the 4-H/YHEC Orienteering Challenge and Hunter Safety Trail events.

Firearms, ammunition, and bows and arrows for Instructor Certification Training: Participants registered for the training workshop are encouraged to bring a firearm or bow appropriate to their discipline for use during the training. Absolutely no ammunition or broadhead arrows can be brought onto the 4-H Center grounds.

If you have attended 4-H Shooting Sports Training in the past, please bring your 4-H Shooting Sports curriculum with you. Please bring your own eye and ear protection if possible.

Those attending Shooting Sports Instructor workshops will be required to work with youth in their county 4-H Shooting Sports Club, and/or assist in event leadership in their discipline at the state competitions twice within the next three years. 

Please see the tentative agenda that is found on this website. It lists all pertinent times for arrival, short-courses, departure, etc. It may be the only schedule you will receive prior to arrival at the 4-H Center.

 

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