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The NRA Training Counselor Program

NRA Training Counselors are experienced, active NRA member-instructors who have been appointed by the NRA to train NRA Certified Instructors. Training counselors make a commitment to conduct at least one instructor training course per year. At the workshop, you will have the opportunity to obtain in-depth training in how to teach discipline-specific teaching skills. Training counselors are authorized to train instructors in those disciplines in which they are certified as NRA instructors in conducting NRA Basic Firearm Training Courses.



To register for a workshop:

Download an application here

Click this link to view NRA's Training Counselor Workshops Schedule

Fill out the application and return it via:

U.S. Mail

NRA - Training Dept.
ATTN: TCWS
11250 Waples Mill Rd.
Fairfax, VA 22030


E-mail: CLICK HERE


FAX: 703-267-3999


You must receive confirmation from NRA before attending a workshop. Workshop attendance is limited to current training counselors and qualified instructors. Workshop attendees must be NRA Certified Instructors with a minimum of two years' recent experience teaching NRA Basic Firearm Training Courses according to current NRA standards. They must also be intimately familiar with NRA instructional methods, training materials, and administrative procedures as a result of this experience. (Five NRA-approved courses and 25 students is the absolute minimum experience recommended for workshop attendance.) The Training Counselor Workshop staff looks forward to seeing you at an upcoming workshop. If you have any questions, please contact National Training Counselor Program Coordinator, NRA Training Department, at 1-800-672-3888, extension 1422.


You may wish to sponsor a Training Counselor Workshop at your club:

Follow this link for help on how to sponsor a workshop


Contact NRA Headquarters for Information

You may also contact the National Rifle Association (NRA) for more information about the many NRA programs.

Training Department, National Rifle Association
11250 Waples Mill Road
Fairfax, VA 22030

Toll free phone. (800) 672-3888 You may also call the NRA Training Department (703) 267-1430

Please also see the NRA Education and Training website

Click this link to view NRA's National Training schedule

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