# Lead Firearms Instructor

**Company**: GDIT
**Location**: Charlotte, NC
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $30.44 - $41.18 per hour
**Category**: Physical Security
**Industry**: Aerospace & Defence

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## Description

As a Lead Firearms Instructor, you will be the first point of contact for Federal Flight Deck Officers when they arrive at the training venue. Your responsibilities will include:

- Checking in Federal Flight Deck Officers and verifying their weapons and credentials

- Conducting training and overseeing the course of fire at the gun-range

- Ensuring the safety of all personnel on the range and securing SSI and SPII information during and after requalification sessions

- Delivering the approved TSA training and safety brief

- Introducing and describing new equipment

- Ensuring all students understand and sign the safety briefing

- Maintaining a minimum number of SFIs to meet the instructor/student ratio of 1:6 for each training session

- Ensuring a sufficient inventory of training supplies is on-hand at the training venue

- Maintaining positive control of the training environment from the moment students arrive at the venue to the moment they depart

- Verifying weapons and credentials of each FFDO before training commences

- Ensuring proper scoring of targets and completion of applicable administrative forms

- Collecting training data and signing and certifying qualification scores for all FFDOs attempting to qualify

- Taking custody of unloaded weapons, transport devices, credentials, and other equipment for return to TSA/FAMS if an FFDO fails to qualify

- Keeping all Sensitive Security Information (SSI) and Sensitive Personally Identifying Information (SPII) secured appropriately

- Overseeing time keeping of all SFI labor hours

- Complying with internal compliance training events

To succeed in this role, you will need:

- 5 years of firearms training experience

- Current or former federal law enforcement agent, officer, or civilian employee having completed a recognized federal firearm instructor training program deemed acceptable by the TSA/FAMS

- Associates Degree or equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work/military experience

- Ability to work in an indoor or outdoor gun range environment

- Ability to handle weapons and ammunition

- Ability to wear hearing protection and wash hands after handling ammunition

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

- Health and wellness packages

- Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career

- Professional growth opportunities, including paid education and certifications

- Cutting-edge technology you can learn from

## Skills

### Required
- Firearms
- Firearms Training
- Weapons

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