Fee: $450 TMPA Members / $500 Non-members

• Prerequisite: TCOLE Firearm Instructor Certificate
• Equipment: Slide mounted red dot pistol with weapon mounted light or handheld flashlight. Duty gear, consisting of a duty holster (no leather or Serpa holsters permitted), at least 3 magazines, magazine pouch, body armor, and eye and ear protection.
• Ammunition: At least 500 rounds of factory pistol ammunition (no reloads permitted). More is recommended.

• Hours: 16 TCOLE Hours
  
  Outline:
  This course is designed to be an A-Z course for current law enforcement firearms instructors in the application, use, and instruction of a handgun red dot sights.
  
  Curriculum:
  The entire curriculum of the course is designed to be specific to shooting with a red dot sight on a handgun. Candidates will learn specific teaching methodologies to the items below.
  
  1. RDS characteristics
  2. RDS mounting and set up
  3. RDS zeroing procedures
  4. High Ready / Low Ready / SUL / Compressed Ready
  5. RDS occlusion training
  6. RDS troubleshooting
  7. One handed shooting
  8. Shoot and Move / Move and Shoot
  9. Kneeling
  10. Prone/Non-Conventional Shooting Positions
  11. Shooting from Cover
  12. Multiple Targets/Target Transition
  13. Shooting on Move: forward/Lateral/diagonal
  14. Pivots and Turns
  15. Weapon mounted light shooting
  16. Handled light shooting.
  
  Certification/Passing Requirements:
• 80% or higher on written test and teach back portion.
• 80% or higher on the Tactical Fitness basic pistol qualification course.
• Must be able to perform 8" or less grouping of 5 rounds at 25 yards. No Time limit and UNSUPPORTED standing position (3 tries max).