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The following is a brief outline of the IPSC Ontario Black Badge Safety Training Program. It is here so that you may get an idea of what to expect when taking part in this course. If you're interested in participating in one of our Black Badge Safety Training Courses, simply complete this form and someone will contact you.

The first requirement of course is that you are a member of IPSC Ontario, and you may become a member at the time of your course. The membership fee is $70.00 for the first year and is paid to IPSC Ontario at the beginning of each calendar year regardless of when you first joined. If you pay your dues after December 31st., then the dues are $80.00

If you join us as a primary member after September 1st. in any year, your membership fee is carried over for the next full year.

The cost of the course is $50.00 and includes all course materials, a current rule book bringing the total for your membership and course to $120.00

For an in-depth look at the Black Badge Program, Policies and Procedures.

(1) IPSC ONTARIO BLACK BADGE SAFETY TRAINING PROGRAM

The "Black Badge" course teaches a combination of safety and proficiency because proficiency is important to safety. The student has to be safe at the normal speed and accuracy requirements of Practical Pistol competition. The course is designed to develop safety and proficiency in a progression. The student has to learn by doing and by being closely supervised by the instructor.

(2) YOU MUST BE SAFE

Knowing what is safe is not enough, without very close instruction and supervision the student will not realize the things he is doing which might be unsafe in Practical Pistol. The instructor must catch unsafe actions at the earliest stage and drill the appropriate responses into the student so that all actions become reflexive. Even so, at all stages the student should be told and logically know and understand these areas. Upon completion of the course, the student will be very safe and reasonably proficient; proficient enough to have fun at the matches staged by practical pistol shooters at their own clubs and at inter-club competitions.

(3) NEW SHOOTER

New students are those who have gone through a club level safety course and have been approved by their club for target shooting on the club range and who are now going through this Practical Pistol safety and proficiency course. They should already be experienced target shooters.

(4) DEGREES OF DIFFICULTY

At this stage the student should know that most of the required steps require both time and accuracy to qualify and some involve just accuracy. They student will continue to try until they complete each excersise. For some students it will come right away, while others may have difficulty with a specific stage, In any event, after several attempts have been made at a stage, the class will move on and those who haven't qualified on that stage can move on with the class and try the subsequent stages. They can go back to the earlier stages the next time the class convenes. Each student has an individual record sheet and as that student qualifies, the instructor initials the appropriate box. When the individual pages are completed, they are sent to the Chief Firearms Training Officer so that the student's qualifications are recognized. The Black Badge is then issued with a specific number for that particular graduate.

(5) GRADUATING

When students graduate from this course, they are qualified (Practical Pistol) shooters and are entitled to a provisional (temporary) Black Badge which enables them to compete in IPSC competitions. With this "provisional" Black Badge, the course graduate may compete in their first sanctioned IPSC competition, which is the final requirement for the Black Badge Training Program.

(6) OTHER REQUIREMENTS

All instructors must be current IPSC Ontario members and listed as current with IPSC Ontario.
All Black Badge candidates must be current members of IPSC Ontario in order to qualify and receive a Black Badge.
All Black Badge candidates must be issued with a current rule book.
All Black Bagde candidates must have paid the membership fee and the IPSC Ontario training fee before training.
The instructor must initial each item on the qualification page as they are completed by the student.
Any Instructor (not helpers) who assisted in the training of any student should print their name in the space provided at the bottom of the qualification page.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Course materials such as rule books, qualification sheets, exams and any other Black Badge Course related material must be obtained from Mr. Bud Melless, IPSC Ontario Administrator prior to teaching the course. There is no charge for these "kits" and you may order as many as you need for your course. Courses conducted using obsolete materials will not be recognized.
Instructors shall submit the student's IPSC Ontario Membership application, Membership fee and Course fee within seven (7) days of the course.
Membership dues are: $60.00
Course fees are $50.00
There is no course fee, for anyone participating in the IPSC Ontario "Future" program if they are residents of IPSC Ontario.
Subsequent members in household are: $35.00 each.

Final Note

Participation in a Black Badge Safety Training Program does not automatically guarantee success. Even after all course requirements have been met, an instructor may, at his discretion deny qualification to a student due to safety reasons or a question of attitude.