Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission
Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations
Chapter 26 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING HUNTER SAFETY
Section 26-4 - Hunter Safety Instructor Certification

(a) Certified instructor workshops shall be conducted by the Department to certify or upgrade volunteer hunter safety instructors.

(b) All volunteer instructors shall assist a certified instructor in a hunter safety course prior to being certified as an instructor. All instructors shall attend a new instructor orientation workshop within two (2) years of becoming a certified instructor. Either of these requirements may be waived after Department evaluation of the applicant's prior teaching experience. Instructors for approved vendors are exempt from this provision.

(c) If a certified instructor is not available locally, a volunteer may be certified at the discretion of the Department.

(d) Any person may assist a certified instructor in teaching a class provided the certified instructor is in attendance.

(e) All volunteer persons who wish to become certified instructors shall complete an application form provided by the Department. This application process may include a criminal/child abuse history check of the applicant.

(f) All applicants shall possess a certificate of competency and safety for the completion of an approved course in the use and handling of firearms.

(g) Volunteer hunter safety instructors may be certified based on the supervision, evaluation and recommendation of an active certified instructor with at least two (2) years of current active service in the Wyoming Hunter Safety Program. The supervising hunter safety instructor shall be assigned by the Department.

(h) No person who has applied to become a certified instructor shall receive an instructor certification if the Department could suspend or revoke that person under the criteria in Section 5.