Canis Posted October 3, 2016 Report Share Posted October 3, 2016 (edited) Hi folks Having "helped out" at my local shoot for several years I've decided that i want get round to getting myself properly qualified as a shooting instructor and i'm trying to choose between the courses offered between the CPSA and BASC. I wondered if anyone that has taken these courses could comment on the two courses (CPSA Instructor Training Course & BASC Shotgun Coach) I'm wishing to be qualified to instruct on basic shotgun skills to novices and taking them thorough to being safe shots with their first gun - I have no interest in taking this on to performance coaching as competition has no interest for me. I would like to think that whichever organisations course i attend it will largely a validation of skills i have already however I hope that there will be something for me to learn in either course ! In terms of prequisites I am a member of both organisations already; While the BASC course is slightly more than the CPSA (£725 instead of £695), if i do the BASC route I would need to do the BASC Safety Officers course (i have the CPSA SO qualification and they are not transferable, on the other hand if i go the CPSA route i would have to do another Instructor development workshop ) so costs are nearly the same! Typically people at our ground go the CPSA route although on recent discussions regarding the course it sounded as if you had to teach your lesson by rote and I'm wondering if the BASC course might" fit " me better. I would appreciate any advice from the 'watch... Edited October 3, 2016 by Canis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted October 3, 2016 Report Share Posted October 3, 2016 (edited) Many years ago (30) I did the BASC Sporting Shotgun Shooting Coach (as I think it was then called) course. At the time I was an Honorary Education Officer (HEO) running their Proficiency Award Scheme (PAS) at county level and the course, accommodation, etc, etc, was paid for by BASC. Unlike now I believe, when asked to attend any event and similar to the HEO/PAS work, we did so on a voluntary/unpaid basis - very little chance of that happening now I fear. Consequently, if the current format remains the same, from your second paragraph the BASC option may be the better bet. Edit: Perhaps I should have explained that by "format", I meant that the course related simply (?) to safely hitting a moving target and there was no coverage of the various clay pigeon competition rules or specific disciplines. Edited October 3, 2016 by wymberley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerboy Posted October 3, 2016 Report Share Posted October 3, 2016 I have passed the following Coaching course BASC CPSA APSI If want a honest frank appraisal on the course's feel free to contact, (we have met on a couple of occasions) PM me and I will forward my contact details. Cheers Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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