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mloamiller wrote:Just received an email from RSD saying "Congratulations! You passed, and your certificate is in the mail." I finished the class last Friday, so it's been exactly one week.

According to the email, the certificate will come with and ID/password to access the course outline, student test and the required student and instructor forms, along with the instructions to complete those forms. That seems to be the extent of the course material provided by DPS.

Yes, I got the same email. Really appreciate the information from DPS.

Erick Drake wrote:I hope that you do receive some info on all the admin/logistics elements with your certificate. They told me the same thing when I took my class. But, alas, all I ever received was my certificate. No supplemental info came with it at all. I had to piece together all the other details myself.

Good luck to you!

-Erick Drake

Is there a webpage at DPS that spells out the reporting requirements?

Scott B. wrote:Really appreciate the first-hand knowledge being passed along.

Given that your reported class size was about a 100, and the shooting portion was broken into two sections, that meant about 50 people on the line each time? That must be pretty interesting.

Do you feel ready to teach a class now, once you get your certificate?

I know the material pretty good. However, they did not cover any of the reporting and other logistic procedures. They did say we would receive a package along with our certificate. I hope the info will be there.

dogflight wrote:

BCGlocker wrote: How are we going to "fix" the malfunction if there is not extra found or extra magazine within the allowed time period? Luckily, for most of us there war no malfunctions.

The reasoning is to have you complete the course of fire as much as possible. If, for instance, you have a misfire on the second shot of a 5-shot course, clear the bad round and resume shooting. Assuming you work quickly and get off all remaining shots, you'll lose only 5 points for the one dropped round. On the other hand, by not "fighting your way through the malfunction" you risk losing 20 points for four dropped rounds.

Learning to clear a jamb or deal with a malfunction should be second nature and as instantaneous as you can learn to make it. In a real-world tactical event, points have no meaning - by not "fighting your way through the malfunction" you risk losing everything.

I do one hour dry practice each day which include 30-min on malfunction clearing drills. I routinely clear a type 3 malfunction in less than 4 seconds. However, without extra rounds and magazine, you are not going to clear type 3 malfunction within the time allotment and hope to get "all" shots off.

Scott B. wrote:Did they care if you shot revolver or pistol first?

They wanted us to shoot revolver first unless you are sharing a revolver. In this case, they allowed semi to be shot with the revolver relay. The entire shooting process is very tightly regulated. For example, they dictate how many round you can load per each string.

One interesting note that they told us to fight though any malfunctions we may encounter. However, they only allowed one magazine and no extra round can be loaded. For example, load 5 round only for a string of two shots and a string of 3 shots. How are we going to "fix" the malfunction if there is not extra found or extra magazine within the allowed time period? Luckily, for most of us there war no malfunctions.

After Action Report for the Instructor's course on Jan. 20--22, 2016.

I finished the instructor's course today. There were 98 students and about 6 instructors. On day 3 is the "proficiency demonstration". I had to be there at 7:30 AM for the 8 AM first relay. It was a bit of windy and about 38 degree but still every shootable. We had 48 students shooting relay one. Although I can't see the entire line, but from what I saw, most students were all good shots. The course was well organized and pretty easy to pass. It was interesting to observe that 3 or 4 Springfield XD pistols had light strikes and several students could not get all their shots off. I know one student had to reshoot with the second relay using a burrowed gun, not sure about rest of them, as they were not near me.

It seems the classroom location is out in the boonies. The closest hotel is in Georgetown which is 20 min. away. Does anyone know any closer accommodations?

jmorris wrote:Same here. Submitted end of June, just got the notice today. Opted for the January class. I just hope that since I didn't log on until 7:30 I missed all the spots.

I also can't believe the next one isn't until May. I would have thought they'd be running almost every quarter.

I replied 10 minutes after the arrival of DPS email. 15 minutes later, I received a Jan. class confirmation. I think you will be OK, since it only been few hours.

I am jazzed that I just received an email to attend the CHL Instructor's Class in either Jan. or May of 2016. I opt for the Jan class. FYI, I submitted all my documents in Jun17, 2015. Looking forward to the class.