4VAC15-275-80: Instructor certification

A. The department may designate as a hunter instructor any person found by the department to be competent to give instruction in the courses required.

B. Volunteer instructors are designated to work on a voluntary basis and at the pleasure of the department.

C. To be certified as a hunter education course instructor for the department's hunter education program, a person shall (i) have successfully completed a hunter education course and (ii) be certified as an instructor by the department or by a certification program accepted by the department.

D. Applicants for certified instructor shall submit an application to the department on a Volunteer Application form and in a manner determined by the hunter education program manager.

E. Applicants may be required to submit written consent for a criminal history background check in a manner determined by the department.