Riflery Instructor

Ready…Aim….Fire! If you like kids and enjoy marksmanship then being a Riflery Instructor at a summer camp or training facility might be the right fit for you.

A partial list of your duties will include maintaining absolute safety on the shooting range, instructing 9-16 year olds on gun safety, proper sighting, care and maintenance as well as and marksmanship, maintaining the equipment in good order i.e. cleaning and oiling the guns and making sure they are sighted correctly.

Camps vary on their certification requirements. Some prefer an NRA certification while others will accept a 4H Shooting Education Rifle Instructor Certificate or equivalent. I can report that every camp website that I visited required First Aid and CPR training for all instructors.

You can receive training either through the camp itself or from outside companies who provide training. The typical training from outside companies ranges from 18 to 23 hours over a three to four day period.

While this job is mostly held by those in college as summer jobs you could very well incorporate this into your career menu through use of vacation days, teach instruction certification courses through the year and keep time set aside for summer instruction at a camp. You could add it as one of your part time ventures should you be so inclined to hold a few part time jobs in lieu of one full time career or as a summer stint if you happen to work in the education system and have access to summers off.