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NRA Certified Personal Protection Outside the Home Instructor Training Requirements

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Here is what you need to know to become an NRA Certified Personal Protection Outside the Home Instructor

NRA Personal Protection Outside the Home Instructor



Not all self-defense situations happen inside the home. Basic personal protection skills are good to know, but a violent confrontation in a street or an alley is a very different animal compared to defending yourself inside your house. Knowing how to find and use cover is important and presenting a pistol from concealment can be challenging. Learn how to empower students with the solutions to these challenges by taking the NRA Personal Protection Outside the Home Instructor Course with GTBR.

NRA Personal Protection Outside the Home Instructor Course with GTBR


What You Will Learn


This course teaches you not only skills but also how to confidently and effectively teach those skills to a student. The topics covered include:
Presenting a Pistol from Concealment
Reholstering the Pistol
Positioning and Movement
Use of Cover
Special Shooting Techniques

The Prerequisites


This is a more advanced course, so you must already be an NRA Certified Pistol Instructor and NRA Certified Personal Protection In the Home Instructor. If you have not completed the NRA Basic Instructor Training within the last two years, that will also be required for this course. Finally, you also must have completed the NRA Personal Protection Outside the Home student course with a score of 90% or better, which we usually teach in conjunction with the instructor course.

In order to undertake the NRA Certified Personal Protection Outside the Home Instructor course at GTBR, you need to know the basics of firearm safety and have a measure of proficiency in shooting skills. There is a link below to the pre-course assessment exercises to ensure you have a suitable background in firearms.

What to Expect


This is a 2-day course that includes classroom exercises as well as dry-fire and live-fire time at the range. The basics of self-defense were covered in the prerequisites, so expect to practice advanced pistol handling and self-defense skills such as one-handed shooting while properly using cover. You will also practice teaching these skills to other students.

Merely learning the skills is not the objective of the class. You will have to demonstrate your ability to perform each skill in order to progress and finish the course. The course ends with a qualification exam testing the material learned.

You will receive an NRA Basics of Personal Protection Outside the Home Instructor Candidate Packet and a signed certificate allowing you to teach the NRA Basic Personal Protection Outside the Home student course.

How You Benefit


Completing the NRA Certified Personal Protection Outside the Home course will equip you with the skills necessary to teach students how to safely use firearms to defend themselves and their families, no matter where they are. It also includes training material to help you teach your own class.

The best way to learn is to teach, so taking this course will improve the skills you learned in the student course. It will also make you more in demand as a firearms instructor. Holding multiple NRA certificates and being able to teach effectively will make you more appealing to prospective students.

What do I need to bring and what do I need to know?


  • Defensive Pistol
  • Backup gun (optional)
  • 3 double stack or 5 single stack magazines
  • Strong side hip or appendix holster (quality kydex, or a similar type where the top of the holster remains open)
  • 500 rounds of ammunition (includes both student and instructor courses)
  • Eye and ear protection
  • Weather appropriate clothing
  • 3 ring binder and note taking materials
  • Gear that can withstand rigorous use. We will be spending a lot of time coming out of, and going back to, the holster.


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  • What is the NRA Basic Instructor Training (BIT)?
    During the Basic Instructor Training course candidates will learn NRA policies and procedures; basic public speaking skills; training methodology; use of a training team and training aids; organizing a course, building a budget; and finally preparing to teach. This is an important part of learning to become an NRA Certified Instructor and it is a requirement for all NRA disciplines. Complete information can be found on our NRA Instructor Development page.
  • How can I become certified as an NRA Pistol Instructor?
    The NRA Pistol Instructor certification requires you take the NRA Basic Student Course, the NRA BIT (if you haven't had it in the past 2 years), and the NRA Pistol Instructor course. Complete information can be found on our NRA Instructor Development page.
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    The NRA Rifle Instructor certification requires you take the NRA Basic Rifle Student Course, the NRA BIT (if you haven't had it in the past 2 years), and the NRA Rifle Instructor course. Complete information can be found on our NRA Instructor Development page.
  • How can I become certified as an NRA Personal Protection Instructor?
    The NRA Personal Protection Instructor discipline has two parts: NRA Personal Protection Inside the Home and NRA Personal Protection Outside the Home. Both require you to have a current BIT (within the last two years), and be a curret NRA Pistol Instructor.

    In addition, the NRA Personal Protection Inside the Home Instructor certification requires you to have taken the NRA Basics of Personal Protection Inside the home Student course.

    The NRA Personal Protection Outside the Home prerequisites require you to be currently certified as an NRA Personal Protection Inside the Home Instructor and have taken the NRA Basics of Personal Protection Outside the Home Student course.

    Complete information can be found on our NRA Instructor Development page.
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    The NRA Home Firearm Safety Instructor certification requires you take the NRA BIT (if you haven't had it in the past 2 years), and the NRA Home Firearm Safety Instructor course. Complete information can be found on our NRA Instructor Development page.
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    We can help you become a NRA Trainer. How good you are depends on several factors. How hard are you willing to work at being a good instructor? How willing are you to continue your education as an instructor? Being a good instructor isn't about taking a class, it's about investing you your ability to convey that important information to your student.

    A.D.S.I. states it like this:

    1. I am committed to the safety of my students, and hold that the expected benefit of any training activity must significantly outweigh any known or perceived risk of that activity.
    2. I believe that it is my responsibility to understand not just what I’m teaching, but WHY I’m teaching any technique or concept, or offering specific advice.
    3. I recognize that defensive shooting skills, along with the drills and gear used, are inherently specialized and usually distinct from those of target shooting, competition and hunting endeavors.
    4. I will encourage my students to ask questions about course material, and I will answer them with thorough and objective explanations.
    5. I understand that Integrity and Professionalism are subjective traits and I strive to maintain high levels of both. I am capable of, and willing to, articulate the reasons for the way I conduct my courses and how I interact with students & peers.
    6. I believe that it is valuable to engage my peers in constructive conversation about differences in technique and concept, with the goal of mutual education and evolution.
    7. I believe that the best instructor is an avid student, and I will strive to continually upgrade my own skills and knowledge. As part of this belief, I understand that my own teachings need to be subject to critique and open to evolution.
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    We do not certify anyone online to become an instructor of any kind. Few, if any, states allow that kind of training to become certified as a firearms instructor of any sort. Distance learning (online training) has its place in the learning process, but physical skillsets must be witnessed and objectives met in class and on the range.
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