Please see the full article in the next section to better understand how to make your own assessment. The lists below are a simple list of courses for various skill levels.

· Tactical Pistol for Concealed Carry – this 3-4 hour course provides in an introduction to critical knowledge and skills for self-defense. This course will qualify you for a permit and provides you a skill set that you can use to protect yourself until you can get more in-depth training.

· Tactical Pistol Operator – this 2-day course provides you a complete technical skillset and basic tactical skills for the employment of the pistol.

· Tactical Rifle Operator – this 2-day course provides you a complete technical skillset and basic tactical skills for the employment of the tactical rifle.

· Precision Rifle Operator – this 2-day course provides you a complete technical skillset and basic tactical skills for the employment of the precision rifle.

· Most shooters (civilian and law enforcement) greatly benefit from the following courses since most are somewhere short of professional level competence when measured using the full set of FATCAT/CSAT standards.

· Tactical Pistol Operator – this 2-day course provides you a complete technical skillset and basic tactical skills for the employment of the pistol.

· Tactical Rifle Operator – this 2-day course provides you a complete technical skillset and basic tactical skills for the employment of the tactical rifle.

· Precision Rifle Operator – this 2-day course provides you a complete technical skillset and basic tactical skills for the employment of the precision rifle.

· Advanced Tac Pistol/Rifle Operator – these courses provide those with developed technical skills with more in-depth instruction in tactical skills outside and around vehicles.

· Rifle/Pistol CQB – these 2-day courses provide civilians and patrol officers with skill for dealing with tactical problems moving up to, entering, and clearing structures.

· Patrol Counter Ambush – this 3-day course provides law enforcement patrol officers with skills that are critical to their survival in their day-to-day operations.

· Patrol Counter Ambush – this 3-day course provides law enforcement patrol officers with skills that are critical to their survival in their day-to-day operations.

· Tactical Pistol/Rifle Instructor – these courses provide instructors with training methodologies to teach operator courses and is designed for students that are serious about training their officer corps.

· Instructor Development Courses Alpha and Bravo – these courses provide law enforcement firearms instructors teaching methodologies and skills for providing technical and tactical instruction to their officer corps.

· Other professional level tactical courses (Basic and Advanced SWAT, Live-fire Hostage Rescue, etc. are available through Paul Howe at CSAT).