Firearms Instructor/Senior Range Safety Officer I
Firearms Instructor/Senior Range Safety Officer I
Olgoonik Corporation
Blackstone, VA
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Olgoonik is an Equal Opportunity Employer - EEO, including disability/vets
Olgoonik is a strong family of professional contracting companies established to create benefits for our Alaska Native shareholders and fueled by the belief that to do so our operations must remain of the highest quality, our employees qualified and principled, and our commitment to safety and every client’s mission unconditional.
From our roots in Alaska’s Arctic to our operations in South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, our experienced and dependable workforce consistently delivers results through a sharp combination of innovation and practicality.
Firearms Instructor/Senior Range Safety Officer I Overview
The Firearms Instructor/Senior Range Safety Officer will serve as a range safety officer and course administrator for firearms training courses with responsibility for planning, organizing, and presenting and/or managing the presentation of one or more of these courses and for evaluating training effectiveness to ensure that objectives are met. The incumbent will also serve as a Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC) subject matter expert on firearms.
Primary Responsibilities
None
Education And/or Experience
Periodic local travel and occasionally, travel to other areas within and outside the United States may be required.
Additional Details
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. As an Alaska Native Corporation, Olgoonik provides hiring preference to Olgoonik shareholders, descendants, and their spouses to the extent allowed by law.
Olgoonik is a strong family of professional contracting companies established to create benefits for our Alaska Native shareholders and fueled by the belief that to do so our operations must remain of the highest quality, our employees qualified and principled, and our commitment to safety and every client’s mission unconditional.
From our roots in Alaska’s Arctic to our operations in South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, our experienced and dependable workforce consistently delivers results through a sharp combination of innovation and practicality.
Firearms Instructor/Senior Range Safety Officer I Overview
The Firearms Instructor/Senior Range Safety Officer will serve as a range safety officer and course administrator for firearms training courses with responsibility for planning, organizing, and presenting and/or managing the presentation of one or more of these courses and for evaluating training effectiveness to ensure that objectives are met. The incumbent will also serve as a Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC) subject matter expert on firearms.
Primary Responsibilities
- Operates the Diplomatic Security (DS) range facility and judgmental use of force facility ensuring compliance with OSHA and/or EPA standards and regulations
- Plans, organizes and instructs/manages the presentation of firearms training courses, which may include basic and advanced firearms and use of deadly force
- Conducts firearms and deadly force scenario-based training; provides appropriate after action reviews and feedback to trainees
- Applies U.S. Constitutional law, relevant case law, and DS policies to firearms training and use of force scenarios
- Reviews established training objectives, lesson plans, training materials, and instructional methods prior to the beginning of assigned courses
- Researches and reviews current reports related to DS and introduces applicable information into firearms training courses
- Resolves problems that occur in the preparation for and during training
- Evaluates training effectiveness to ensure that training objectives have been met
- Complies with all Federal Law Enforcement Training and Accreditation (FLETA) standards
- Complies with all DS and Firearms Training program policies, procedures, and standards
- Reviews and analyzes trainee evaluations, feedback from other instructors, and personal observations
- Identifies need for and assists with revisions to course content and materials or instructional methods as necessary to improve the firearms training curriculum effectiveness and quality
- Participates in curriculum review conferences
- Ensures optimum efficiency in the use of assigned resources
- Assists instructors in other security related subjects
- Establishes and maintains liaison with a broad array of law enforcement, security, military, government and civilian organizations related to security and firearms techniques, tactics, and procedures
- Keeps abreast of current security techniques, methods, and procedures in firearms training through attendance at training sessions, seminars, and workshops
- Provides technical guidance to managers, law enforcement employees, and students on basic and complex topics related to firearms and use of deadly force
- Assists in scheduling and planning classes by developing and maintaining close contact with program coordinators as well as with other appropriate training entities
- Submits training records in a timely manner
- Serves as subject matter expert for the design of new training
- Tests/evaluates new training courses and instructional materials
- Tests/evaluates new and updated firearms, ammunition, and related equipment
- Assists with equipment inventory and maintenance for assigned training programs
- Maintains requisite levels of proficiency in all duty-related techniques and procedures to include 90% on all graded DS courses of fire
None
Education And/or Experience
- Must have a high school diploma
- Must be a certified firearms training instructor
- Completion of a recognized instructor development training course preferred
- 1-3 (one-three) years of firearms instructor experience required with evidence of increasing work responsibility in a firearms training environment
- Must have excellent people and organizational skills
- Must be proficient in firing, handling, and giving instruction on a variety of revolvers, pistols, submachine guns, carbines, rifles, machine guns, and grenade launchers
- Expert knowledge of health and safety standards for firearms ranges and training facilities
- Knowledge of security concepts, principles, and practices to provide basic training in the application of firearms use
- Knowledge of security programs, operations, and techniques, including terrorism and anti-terrorism operations, use of force, civil liability, with respect to firearms and appropriate techniques, tactics, and procedures
- Knowledge of current protective security methods to provide instruction that is consistent with currently accepted methods and practices
- Familiarity with the functions, responsibilities, and duties of Foreign Service personnel preferred
- Basic knowledge of adult learning principles, course development, classroom and practical instructional presentation methods, and methods for evaluating training effectiveness
- Basic knowledge of the development and revision of training curriculum
- Ability to maintain requisite knowledge of U.S. Constitutional Law, case law, and DS policies related to firearms and use of force
- Ability to immediately analyze, predict, and preclude situations to ensure training is conducted in a safe manner
- Ability to establish and maintain liaison with personnel at all levels in order to plan and coordinate assigned responsibilities
- Skill in oral and written communications to present training to a variety of audiences
- Possess or be able to obtain/maintain a SECRET security clearance
- Must be a U.S. Citizen
- Must be able to maintain required Security Clearance/access approvals
- Ability to complete work requiring regular and recurring physical exertion, including periods of standing, occasional heavy lifting, and irregular hours in both training and protective service operations, at times, during inclement weather
- Ability to work outdoors where conditions may be unpleasant or uncomfortable, irregular and unscheduled hours and with exposure to personal risks
- Ability to lift and carry heavy equipment and materials while demonstrating physically challenging practical exercises.
Periodic local travel and occasionally, travel to other areas within and outside the United States may be required.
Additional Details
- Subsidiary: Olgoonik Innovations, LLC
- FLSA: Exempt
- Requisition Nbr: 2014251
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. As an Alaska Native Corporation, Olgoonik provides hiring preference to Olgoonik shareholders, descendants, and their spouses to the extent allowed by law.
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