Instructor Training
- The DSA Regulations
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The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) state that if you want to become an Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) you must:
- hold a full British or Northern Ireland unrestricted car driving licence;
- have held it for a total of at least 4 out of the past 6 years prior to entering the Register after qualifying, but:
- a foreign driving licence, an automatic car driving licence or a provisional licence held after passing the driving test, all count towards the 4 years;
- not have been disqualified from driving at any time in the 4 years prior to being entered in the Register;
- be a fit and proper person to have your name entered in the Register. All convictions, including motoring offences still in force (i.e. not ‘spent’ under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974) will be taken into account when we assess your suitability to be entered in the Register; and
- pass the Register qualifying exam.
in addition you should be aware that you cannot accompany a person to drive unless you have held a full U.K. driving licence for three years and must be aged 21 or more. A foreign full licence will count towards this three year period but it must be a foreign licence that is accepted under the ‘exchange’ scheme. For more details of the exchange system you should read Section 4 of the D.V.L.A. pamphlet D100 “What you need to know about driving licences” available at most post offices.
- Q. How Long Will Training Take?
- A. It does very much depend on the individual, but while you are studying for the Part 1 theory exam you will also have applied for your CRB check which is now mandatory. The CRB process can take up to six weeks. Parts 2 & 3 can be delivered on a fast track basis. Go Drive are as keen as you to achieve a successful outcome.
- Q. How Much Can I Earn?
- A. Go Drive offer what we consider to be the best package available from any national driving school which enables our instructors to retain a much larger percentage of their weekly earnings, the level of which will be purely dictated by time and effort.
- Q. What Cars are Available?
- A. Go Drive operate a policy allowing our instructors the freedom to choose the make and model of their tuition vehicle from our approved list held by our preferred supplier. The cars are delivered fully decaled and ready to go to work.
- Q. Can I Choose My Own Working Hours?
- A. Yes! The hours and days of the week you choose to work is exactly that; your choice!
- Q. Can I Choose The Area I Work?
- A. Go Drive do not intend to saturate an area. So, providing a potential working area is undersubscribed, the answer is yes!
- Q. Can I Accept Credit/Debit Card Payments?
- A. Go Drive has the facility to accept this type of payment on the instructor’s behalf.
- Q. When Can I Take Holidays?
- A. Working with Go Drive you are free to run your own diary and take holidays whenever you choose.
- Q. Are There Opportunities For Career Advancement?
- A. Most certainly yes. Go Drive are at a very early stage in their business development and growth. This means that we will be recruiting senior personnel in the future and will obviously give close consideration to suitable candidates already working with us.
- Q. How Do I Join Go Drive?
- A. If you like what you see so far, then complete an application form complete with a CV if possible and request an interview.
