The Technical Instructor Course at Lackland Air Force Base is (according to the author) effectively preparing Air Force men and women as competent instructors in a wide variety of highly skilled technical specialties for the over 3500 courses conducted with Air Training Command. The course was developed to meet the need for qualified experienced technicians as competent technical instructors. Of approximately six weeks duration, the course is divided into two blocks of instruction. Block I is four weeks and three days in the classroom, and Block II is two weeks of practice teaching. Some of the broad topics that are covered in the course are learning processes, communicative skills, instructional objectives, methods and techniques, media, tests and measurement, counseling, and practice teaching. The program (which is fully described in this paper) is helping to meet the Air Force's need and has possible application for other institutions in upgrading the instructional methodology and technique requirements of qualified technicians selected to become instructors. (HD)