NATIONAL RANGE OFFICERS INSTITUTE

How to Gain Certification

• Take a Level One (RO) Seminar
• You MUST BE a member of USPSA and have a USPSA or SCSA classification to attend the seminar. 
• Age restrictions: 
  • Juniors under the age of 13 may audit the seminar at no cost, space permitting, but cannot gain certification. 
  • Juniors between 13 and 18 may attend and become certified, provided:
    • they are endorsed by at least 2 certified range officers that are not family members,
    • are accompanied by a parent or legal guardian during the seminar, and
    • will be supervised by a parent or legal guardian while serving as a Range Official until they reach the age of 18
    • The instructor will have the final say regarding certification, based on the student’s abilities and aptitude during the seminar.  Please note:  we cannot do delayed certifications. 
• Currently certified range officials may audit a seminar at no cost, if space permits and the Instructor approves.
• Complete the pre-seminar exercises (online)
• Participate in the seminar, and pass the live fire range exercise
• Final Exam: 50 question final, online
• Maintain certification by taking an annual 20 question online exam
• Maintain work record for matches at level II and above.
• Next level of certification: Chief Range Officer, CRO

Retaining Certification as a Range Officer:

Once you've become certified as a RO through a seminar you will need to take an annual exam to maintain this certification. We are currently using an online exam system for NROI-certified officials. You will receive a postcard and email notification 30 days prior to expiration, informing you that your exam is ready.  This notice will also show up on your USPSA.org profile.  Here are some general guidelines on how this will work:

1) Membership must be current to access this feature.

2) Members will get instant results once an exam is submitted for scoring, and certification is immediate. No more waiting for the mail to find out if you passed!  You may also print out your new certification card.

3) Exams can be started, saved, and completed at a later time, and reviewed forward and backward as needed. If you don't get it all done in one sitting, no worries, the system will save your progress and allow you to go back to finish later.

4) If you have difficulty with an exam, or a question about your results, we will be able to log in and see exactly what you're seeing.  Simply email dnroi@uspsa.org with any questions or issues.

5) Officials will have three (3) chances to pass the exam. This should be more than adequate. If you find that you are unable to pass the exam within three tries, we will be happy to hook you up with an instructor for some remedial training. We want to help you succeed!

6) Exams can be printed so you can work them out on paper if you wish, and then enter your answers online.  NROI no longer mails hard copy exams, however.

7) Members must be logged in to USPSA.org to access the exam.  It will not be available until 30 days prior to your NROI certification expiration date, and once begun, you will have 30 days to complete the exam.

8) If you have been expired for more than six months, you'll need to take the long version of the exam as per NROI policy. The system will notify you of this, and you will have to contact dnroi@uspsa.org to have your exam reset.  Officials expired for more than a year may be required to take the seminar again. Keeping your NROI work history current may help in this regard.

9) Once you successfully pass the exam, NROI HQ will be notified and will send out your new packet confirming recertification. You will NOT need to call HQ to inform us that you passed or failed.