RobC1990 Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 Hello, Just a few questions about this course really, thinking about doing it after christmas, being a total novice, just wondered how you found the course? how intense isit? cheers. robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 I found it very interesting. I'm quite academic (university degree) and studied myself. Did the assessment only route - got all the questions right and 2 deer ID wrong IIRC. All the courses send the book out beforehand - study it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anth6568 Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 Just start studying when you get your trg book. It's about an inch thick so it will take you a while to get through it. It's all very straight forward, good course overall, I did mine with BDS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobC1990 Posted November 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 id have about 2 months to study the manual book you get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootgun Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 Did the assessment only route Same here. Works out much cheaper, you can study from home as much as you like and book the assessment when you are confident you know everything. This was very helpful, http://www.dsctraining.org , for a tenner a month you get access to all the questions and answers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Essex Hunter Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 I did the course for reasons of the way the firearms laws are changing, also there were a couple of questions I was sure of but they were reinforced in the course. I shot the whole test of my sticks as that is what I use 99% of the time... A friend who came with me had not done an exam since school and he is 63...he got through with a bit of huffing and puffing lol... From a personal point of view it is far better to have some miles under you belt as any " test" satiation will bring some stress... I like exams/tests as I spent years as a dive instructor and you just had to do them as you moved up the ladder.... Go do it and enjoy the 2/3 days...however put the time in with all the disciplines!! including the shooting.......... TEH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGD Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 I did assessment only. If you have FAC and a CF rifle you should pass the shooting test without any difficulty. The questions come from a bank of 300 (from memory) and they are multiple choice, there is an interactive CD you can get where you can run through all of the 300 questions. It doesn't take long and you soon learn the answers to the ones you get wrong. Personally I wouldn't advocate a 2 or 3 day course, it isn't difficult enough to warrant the expenditure and it is easy enough to swat up for on your own. It is interesting, a good starting point and a useful qualification to have, but it's no substitute for experience and time in the field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootgun Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 Personally I wouldn't advocate a 2 or 3 day course, it isn't difficult enough to warrant the expenditure and it is easy enough to swat up for on your own. It is interesting, a good starting point and a useful qualification to have, but it's no substitute for experience and time in the field. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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