Joe is a Firearms Instructor at OFA.
Joe is an Electronic Technician for a large Oregon business.
Joe's expertise is in the area of defensive small arms technology
especially defensive illumination devices and edged weapons.

Joe Picciano

A.A.S. Electromechanical Engineering Technology
A.A.S. Electrical Engineering Technology
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan. May 1991

GLOCK, Inc. Certified GLOCK Armorer

O.F. Mossberg Certifed Shotgun Armorer

NRA Certified Basic Shotgun Instructor

Defensive Handgun 16 hours
Firearms Academy of Seattle
March 7& 8, 2009

Bullet Proof Mind: Mental Prep for Combat 8 hours
Code 4
Lt. Col. David Grossman
February 2, 2009

Mossberg Field Armorer's Course 16 hours
Blackwater Training Center
September 22 & 23, 2008

GLOCK Armorer Course - ReCert 8 hours
GLOCK, Inc
April 29, 2008

Stage One Handgun Course - 16 hours
Yavapai Firearms Academy
July 14 & 15, 2007

Citizen's Police Academy - 52 hours
McMinnville, Oregon PD
April-June, 2007

Tactical Handgun Course 24 hours
Class # 46
Thunder Ranch, Inc - Oregon
March 22, 23, & 24, 2006

General Defensive Handgun Course 20 hours
Insights Training Center
September 3 & 4, 2005

GLOCK Armorer's Course 8 hours
GLOCK Inc.
July 19, 2005

Basic Shotgun Instructor Course 12 hours
National Rifle Association
July 2 & 3, 2005

Combative Pistol (CP1) 20+Hrs
Trident Concepts - Jeff Gonzales
June 15-16, 2005

Tactical First Aid Course 20 Hours
Insights Training Center - Kevin Pine
May 2005

Basic Instructor Course 8 hours
National Rifle Association
April 12, 2005

Unarmed Combatives & Impact Weapons Training - ONGOING
R.E.A.C.T
2004 & 2005

Superior Firearms Training on a Budget
Action Target - Mike Lehner
April 19, 2005

Intensive Double Stick Training and Application Seminar 4 Hours
World Modern Arnis & Natural Spirit Int. - Kelly Worden
January 2005

Intermediate/Advanced Defensive Handgun 20 Hours
Defensive Training Institute-John & Vicki Farnam
October 2004

Judicious Use of Deadly Force Seminar 20 Hours
Lethal Force Institute-Massad Ayoob September 2004

Defensive Rifle/Carbine 16 Hours
Oregon Firearms Academy August 2004

Advanced Defensive Shotgun 8 Hours
Oregon Firearms Academy June 2004

Instructor Development Course 44 Hours
Oregon Firearms Academy November 2003

Oleoresin Capsicum "Pepper Spray" 4 Hours
Oregon Firearms Academy October 2003

GLOCK Defensive Handgun 16 Hours
Oregon Firearms Academy September 2003

Defensive Shotgun 8 Hours
Firearms Academy of Seattle - Gila Hayes March 2003

Defensive Shotgun 8 Hours
Oregon Firearms Academy February 2003

Handgun Lowlight/Night Fire 8 Hours
Oregon Firearms Academy November 2002

Advanced Handgun Tactics 8 Hours
Oregon Firearms Academy November 2002

Defensive Handgun 2 8 Hours
Oregon Firearms Academy September 2002

Knife/Counter Knife Seminar 8 Hours
Firearms Academy of Seattle - Clyde Caceres August 2002

Handgun Retention Seminar 8 Hours
Firearms Academy of Seattle - Marty Hayes August 2002

Handgun "Tune-up" Clinic 4 Hours
Oregon Firearms Academy July 2002

Defensive Folding Knife 1 Course 10 Hours
Insights Training Center - Dr. Mike Shertz May 2002

Defensive Handgun 2 8 Hours
Oregon Firearms Academy May 2002

Basic Handgun Safety 8 Hours
Oregon Firearms Academy March 2002

Defensive Handgun 1 8 Hours
Oregon Firearms Academy February 2002

Basic Handgun Safety 4 Hours
The Place to Shoot July 1997