Certified Firearms Instructors – Get Your PAL / RPAL

FIREARMS POSSESSION AND ACQUISITION LICENCE

Before making application to the RCMP Firearms Program for a firearms license, you must complete the Canadian Firearms Safety Course delivered by an FSESO (Firearms Safety and Education Service of Ontario) instructor. Our instructors belong to the FSESO and have the designation from the RCMP to deliver these courses. Let us guide your every step.

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RPAL
Restricted Possession and Acquisition Licence
You must complete the Canadian Firearms Safety Course delivered by an FSESO..

Upon completing the Canadian Firearms Safety Course (CFSC) and Canadian Restricted Firearms Safety Course (CRFSC) and required examinations. Students will have gained a full understanding of:

Proving Firearms Safe
History of Firearms and Muzzle Loaders
Safe Operation and Handling of Firearms
Understanding Shotgun and Rifle ammunition
Loading and Unloading,
Care and Maintenance of Firearms
Considerations for the Outdoors
Safety Rules and Guidlines at the Gun Range
Social/Moral/Legal Responsibilities of Legal Firearm Owners
Transportation, Storage and Display of Firearms

Looking to become a member at a local gun club? We review transportation requirements and basic safety expectations while shooting at the gun range. Our instructors are club level safety instructors and range officers.

Partnership For Firearms Safety

FIREARMS SAFETY EDUCATION SERVICE ONTARIO

The Firearms Safety Education Service of Ontario (FSESO) is an association of firearms safety instructors. All FSESO instructors are designated by the Chief Firearms Office to teach and examine the Canadian Firearm Safety Course (CFSC) and the Canadian Restricted Firearms Safety Course in Ontario (CRFSC).

All CFI course content and fees are inline with FSESO guidelines. Learn more about the FSESO mission and vision through the link below.

Learn Firearms Safety – Risk Free Environment

NO INTIMIDATION – SMALL CLASS SIZES

Friendly inclusive and engaging environment.
We strive to prepare you and build your confidence through practical handling and theoretical discussions.
No testing takes place until you are confident and fully prepared.
We are teachers and enthusiasts that want your experience to be inclusive, engaging, and fun.

Choosing to complete your courses with CFI means you will work with friendly and engaging teachers with lots of firearms teaching experience. Our instructors are sensitive to new people who have not received an introduction to shooting. Our instructors will work hard to ease you into shooting without creating a competitive or intimidating environment. We teach to your level, and adjust our pace according to the differentiated needs of our students. Our instructors are educators and firearms enthusiasts. Take a course with us, and you will surely enjoy your experience as our instructors demonstrate a love of teaching and a passion for firearms training. We pride ourselves on being helpful, engaging and interactive. We get you off your seat and working “hands on” and practical handling firearms as much as possible. Our instructors will also ensure you are well prepared for the practical and written exam. No one begins testing until they are fully confident and prepared. From start to finish we plan to make your learning experience interactive and engaging.

CFI offers a clean and well presented learning environment. We have current firearms. We work diligently to engage you in hands on learning opportunities, rich classroom discussion and relevant theoretical learning. We will not conduct testing until you are ready. We will never rush students and, strive to prepare you, so you are confident and ready. Our class sizes are small to optimize one on one learning opportunities. You choose CFI because you want to enjoy an engaging, hands on, risk free and stimulating learning environment that is student focused. We are teachers that have a keen understanding on how to make learning engaging, relevant and fun.

We pay careful attention to presenting students with a stimulating, clean, bright and well organized learning environment. Our firearms are carefully selected to represent current examples of firearms typically available for hunting and target shooting.

Qualified Safety Instructor

MAKING LEARNING FUN AND INCLUSIVE

Avid Competition Shooter. Public Educator - 26 years. CSSA Canadian Shooting Sports - Provincial Instructor IPSC - MULTI-GUN - IDPA - ACTION PISTOL (RANGE OFFICIAL) Competent and Engaging Instructor - Kids Ages 7-12

Marcell Wolf lives and breathes the shooting sports. A fierce competitor in IPSC, USPSA, IDPA, Action Pistol, Precision Pistol, Multi-gun, and Tactical Service Rifle, he’s also a certified Range Officer, IDPA Chief Safety Officer, Safety Officer Instructor, State Coordinator and Canadian Shooting Sports Provincial Instructor/Trainer.

As a FSESO-designated instructor, Marcell is certified by the Chief Firearms Office to teach and examine the CFSC and CRFSC—training everyone from first-time shooters to future instructors. Off the range, he’s a high school administrator and university faculty member, known for mentoring with the same precision and passion he brings to the sport.

Courses are offered at the Royal Canadian Legion and several other community partners within York Region and Simcoe County. If you have a corporate venue or a private group we can come to you.

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Reach CFI by phone, e-mail, or contact form. We welcome all questions and feedback. Contact us to book a course.