The Georgia Public Safety Training Center offers instructor certification training programs that allow public safety officials to become certified to train other personnel in their local jurisdictions. The courses provided through the instructor certification training programs are designed for public safety personnel who are responsible for instruction in performance-oriented training or who are responsible for developing lesson plans.
General Instructor Certification
Through the Georgia Policy Academy Division, GPSTC offers a General Instructor Training program as well as a Departmental Officer Training program, both of which qualify for POST certification.
Senior and Master Instructor Certification
The Georgia Police Academy Division also manages GPSTC’s Senior and Master Instructor Training program. Once certified as a POST General Instructor, instructors may voluntarily pursue senior and master instructor trainer certification with POST through a series of teaching and evaluation sessions in the Instructor Training Course.
For more information regarding Senior and Master Instructor Certification, contact:
Craig Jones, Instructor Training Coordinator
[email protected]
(478) 993-4399
Specialized Instructor Certification
Specialized instructor training programs are available through the respective Georgia Police and Georgia Fire Academies and qualify students for POST and/or NPQ certification as an instructor.
- Defensive Tactics Instructor
- Driver Instructor Training Program
- Drug Recognition Expert Instructor Training School
- DUI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Instructor
- DUI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Instructor Update
- Fire Instructor I
- Fire Instructor II
- Firearms Instructor
- Health and Wellness Instructor
- Precision Immobilization Technique (P.I.T.) Instructor
- Pressurized Container Live Fire Instructor
- Shoot House Instructor Course
- Shotgun Instructor
- Speed Detection Instructor
- Structural Fire Control Instructor
- Use of Force Instructor Training