Firearms Instructor​/Senior Range Safety Officer III

Overview

Employment in this role is conditional upon successful execution of the contract by the client.

The Firearms Instructor/Senior Range Safety Officer III 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 role will also serve as subject matter expert on firearms.

This position aligns with Cayuse’s core values of Innovation, Excellence, Collaboration, Adaptability, and Integrity by fostering technical solutions that meet customer needs, promoting teamwork, and prioritizing quality in deliverables.

• 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 complex 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 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 drafts revisions to course content and materials or instructional methods as necessary to improve the firearms training curriculum effectiveness and quality.
• Evaluates the impact of planned or projected changes in DS security programs and associated training requirements on the existing content, materials, and methods used for firearms training.
• 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.
• Articulates instructional tasks and provides guidance on how to perform them; assists with performance evaluations.
• Maintains requisite levels of proficiency in all duty‑related techniques and procedures to include 90% on all graded DS courses of fire.
• Other duties as assigned.

The qualifications and skills listed below are intended to provide a general overview of the requirements for this position. However, due to the anticipated nature of the contract and the absence of a finalized task order from the client, this list should not be considered all‑encompassing. Additional…