PA Range Official Accreditation
NRC Resources + Information
	Accreditation Pre-requisites	Available PA Officiating Qualifications		Accreditation Procedures
	Accreditation Renewal		ISSF Judge (International)
	Accreditation Pre-requisites: The various levels of PA officiating accreditation include a ‘practical’ assessment component. This on-range component has the candidate performing the duties of the range official to assess the candidate’s competency in safety, range control, dealing with malfunctions, scoring of targets, the resolution of various procedural infringements and target problems, etc. – i.e. we are more interested on the candidate’s ability to safely and correctly cope with a range when everything goes wrong (and in the practical assessment component we make sure that it does!). Note: Based on several decades of experience, the NRC advises that it is unlikely that any candidate for Range Officer accreditation can gain sufficient experience in dealing with the problems that can arise with less than two years of direct on-range involvement in the applicable discipline! Candidates for PA Range Officer accreditation are strongly advised to gain a minimum of two years of direct on-range involvement in the applicable discipline before undertaking a RO course. In addition; PA Range Officer - Affiliation to PA, minimum age, 18 years PA Judge B - minimum 2 years RO accreditation in the applicable discipline PA Judge A (all events) - minimum 2 years PA Judge B in at least 3 disciplines PA Judge A (MS or 1920) - minimum 2 years PA judge B accreditation in the applicable discipline ISSF (international) Judge, Category 2, Pistol - PA Judge B in ISSF ISSF (international) Judge, Category 6, EST - PA Available Officiating Qualifications: Range Officer - available in the individual disciplines of: ISSF Pistol – Note that the practical assessment component for this discipline is heavily based on aspects of the Rapid Fire Pistol event – candidates for RO accreditation in the ISSF Pistol disciplines are strongly advised to become completely familiar with all the aspects of the Rapid Fire Pistol event. PA Service + WA1500 PA Black Powder Pistol Metallic Silhouette International 1920 Match PA Judge B - available in the individual disciplines of: ISSF PA Service + WA1500 PA Black Powder Pistol Metallic Silhouette International 1920 Match PA Judge B - available in the disciplines of: All PA events, Pistol Metallic Silhouette only International 1920 Match only ISSF (International) Judge · ISSF Judge accreditation is available through AISL. ISSF Judges must be affiliated to the National Federation (AISL) and hold the highest level of National licence: for Pistol, this is a PA Judge licence. ISSF Judge accreditation is available in: · Categories 1 & 5 (Rifle & Target Control) · Categories 2 & 5 (Pistol & Target Control) · Category 3 (Shotgun) · Category 4 (Running Target) · Category 5 (Target Control) · Category 6 (EST) - only available to holders of a category 1 or 2 licence ISSF Judge accreditation is available as: · Judge B (Jury up to Olympics/World Championships) · Judge A Accreditation Procedures (see pre-requisites, above>>) For the PA accreditation, the assessment process includes both a ‘theory’ component and an on-range ‘practical component. The PA accreditation courses are conducted over two days with the first day covering the theory section instruction and assessment and the practical, on-range assessment on the second day – refer the first paragraph in Accreditation Pre-requisites above. PA Range Officer accreditation is administered and conducted by the Affiliate SRCs using courses implemented by the NRC. To gain RO accreditation, contact your State SRC Director or State office for information on RO courses near you. PA Judge B accreditation is administered and conducted by the NRC. To gain Judge B accreditation, contact the NRC. PA Judge A accreditation is administered by the NRC. Assessment is conducted in conjunction with PA National Championships ISSF (International) Judge accreditation is directly administered by the ISSF. ISSF Pistol and Rifle Judge courses are conducted Australia on an as-needed basis. Accreditation Renewal PA Range Officer accreditation is subject to periodic written renewal papers PA Judge accreditation is for a term of four years: renewal is subject to attendance at an NRC Judge Refresher workshop within each 4-year cycle. ISSF Judge accreditation is for a term of four years: renewal is subject to Jury experience at ISSF sanctioned competitions, and/or satisfactorily completing an official ISSF Judge course.
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