Trainers' certification standardizes procedures for certifying M203 gunnery trainers. Trainers' technical expertise must be continuously refreshed, updated, and closely managed. The training base has personnel turnover just as do other organizations. Soldiers assigned as M203 trainers have different backgrounds and knowledge of training procedures and methods. Trainers' certification is an ongoing process that addresses these variables.
Formal records document each trainer's progress.
M203 trainers must complete the three phases of trainers' certification in order, and must update their training quarterly. One of the goals of trainers' certification is to help trainers understand the training mission, which helps them support grenadiers. Before they can be certified, trainers attend all phases of the program then, under the supervision of the chain of command, conduct the phases. They must demonstrate that they can train soldiers as well as diagnose and correct problem areas. Phase I, Orientation.