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Driving Instructor Training
Skills
required
Approved driving instructors
require a high standard of driving ability and a sound knowledge of the
subjects related to teaching others to drive and must be able to apply
these abilities.
Teaching others to
drive includes being knowledgeable about:
- how to teach
- how people learn
- how to assess
the performance of others
- communication
- interpersonal
skills
- Legal requirements
When applying to become
a driving instructor, you must fulfill the following legal requirements:
- hold a full UK
or European Union (EU/European Economic Area (EEA) unrestrited car
driving licence
- have held it
for a total of at least four out of the past six years prior to entering
the Register after qualifying;
- not have been
disqualified from driving at any time in the four years prior to being
entered in the Register
- be a “fit
and proper” person to have your name entered in the Register.
All convictions, motoring and non-motoring, will be taken into account
when the DSA assess your suitability to be entered on the Register.
From Spring 2007 applicants will be required to have an enhanced level
criminal record check. The information from this check will be used
by the DSA to assess the suitability of persons applying for inclusion
on the Register of Approved Driving Instructors.
- Pass the two
qualifying practical examinations within two years of passing the
theory examination
- Apply for registration
within 12 months of passing the final part of the examination.
Qualifying
The qualification
examination is in three parts:
- a computer based
theory test.
- a practical test
of your driving ability
- a practical test
of your ability to instruct
You must take and
pass all three parts of the examination in this order and must complete
the whole examination within two years of passing the theory test. If
you are unable to complete the examinations within this time you must
start again from the beginning and pass each part once again. You can
take the theory test as many times as you wish but you are only allowed
a maximum of three attempts at each of the practical tests within each
two year qualification period.
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