Range Safety Officer Training

Whew! I survived all ten hours of RSO training yesterday. It was exhausting but I am so very glad I took the training.

Range Safety Officers serve at shooting events. Their role is to "possess the knowledge, skills, and attitudes essential to organizing, conducting, and supervising safe shooting activities and range operations." (Taken right out of the textbook!)

There was a lot of role playing in the class. . . how to respond to emergencies on the range. What do you do when someone holding a loaded firearm suddenly starts to collapse with a possible heart attack? How do you safely take a loaded firearm from someone who has a misfire or hangfire and doesn't know how to correct it on their own? And so much more.

There were lighter moments! The location where the class was held is a club that has skeet and trap shooting. Now I know what skeet is but I had never heard the term "trap shooting". So I asked. Immediately, one of the club members spoke up and said, "Skeet is for sissies. Trap is for real men!"

The rest of my three-day weekend will be spent with working around the house. Tomorrow I have to go into work for awhile. . . yes, on a holiday!. . . to prepare for a meeting on Tuesday afternoon. I'm still waiting for everyone to send me the data I need to put together for the meeting.