Perhaps I'm misreading GC §411.190. QUALIFIED HANDGUN INSTRUCTORS AND APPROVED ONLINE COURSE PROVIDERS.ChrisR wrote:......
I didn't have to take a "course". I applied months ago and submitted my qualifications. I received a phone call saying I was now a approved online course provider and my certificate should be in the mail today. I don't know what all is accepted as "3 years experience in online training". All I know is that they accepted what I provided. I have a separate company that has provided online courses for the past 7 years. They accepted that as my 3 years of experience. I'm pretty sure that most LTC instructors will not qualify to offer the course online, I'm lucky enough to already have a online education company.
(c) ...If the background check indicates that the applicant for certification would qualify to receive a handgun license, the department shall provide handgun instructor or online course provider training to the applicant. The applicant shall pay a fee of $100 to the department for the training. The applicant must take and successfully complete the training offered by the department and pay the training fee before the department may certify the applicant as a qualified handgun instructor or approved online course provider. ......
But I took this to be two separate training classes. Conceivably one wouldn't even have to have a LTC or have taken the handgun proficiency test to do the online classroom portion.
Since it appears any instructor can provide the not less than one hour but not more than two hours of the range instruction part has anyone seen any information on what this consists of?
During my retraining class the DPS trooper asked how many thought they'd qualified to conduct online training and about 8-10 people raised their hands. I questioned what they meant by online training and they had no answer. I figure I'd qualify because as a government contractor and employee for over twenty years I conducted dozens of training webinars. All I need is Skype.