The Commission shall certify instructors deemed qualified to teach in one or more of the prescribed training courses. Certification will be in accordance with Specification S-16, Certification of Instructors.

Certification - Instructors will be certified on a basis of minimum qualifications in the areas of education, training and experience. Such certification can never be expected to insure good instruction; and it shall be the responsibility of the school director/coordinators to see that instructors are assigned only topics which they are qualified to teach and are supervised on a regular basis to insure that instructional excellence is maintained.

Firearms Instructor Certification - Firearms Instructor Certificates will be issued only to those persons who have satisfactorily completed a Commission approved Instructor Development Course, a Commission approved Firearms Instructor Course and demonstrated instructional and range proficiency. Instructional Development shall be a pre-requisite to take the Commission approved Firearms Instructor Course.

Revocation of Instructor Certificate - Instructor certification may be revoked whenever an instructor is deemed by the Commission unqualified to continue teaching.

Instructor Certification shall be valid for five (5) years or sixty (60) consecutive months.