corradoboy

Passed my parts 1 & 2 and have done my 40 hours so I can now apply for a trainee license and start teaching. Got a position secured with a company today and all being well I will start on Oct 9th Couldn't have come at a better time as my current employer has just announced redundancies I was hoping to run the 2 careers side-by-side until (IF ) I qualify but that decision may be made for me

fitzscoob

Congratulations, hope it works well for you.

Stephb1986

congrats hope it works out for you let learners speed as no one likes them lmao

SwissTony

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date in diary


"do not drive to work on this day "

soup dragon

Well done, just out of interest how long do you have to train til you qualify?

slagmagnet69

Congrats fella, may I ask if there was any cash upfront needed to do the training?

TopBanana

Christ, best stock up on the Valium before you start

corradoboy

You can do the research and train yourself the basics. Anyone who's done any teaching will be a natural, as it's really just a case of structuring a lesson plan and keeping their interest by making sure they're involved. Pt.1 & 2 are just the usual driving tests, only stricter. Pt.1 is theory and hazard perception. Learners do 35 Q's and need 30 to pass, we do 100 and need 85 to pass. We have to get over 57 on the hazard bit but I don't recall what learners must achieve on that bit (must go check ). Pt.2 is a one hour driving test, during which you are only permitted 6 minor faults (learners get 15). I scraped through on 6, 3 of which were for misuse of gears as I drive roadcraft and they preach "gears to go, brakes to slow" I'm sure I was instantly marked down on eco-driving before we set off as I did it in the Scoob
Once you have passed these you must do 40 hours of tuition with a recognised trainer (ORDIT) before you can apply for a trainee license. You must also be sponsored by a driving school who must employ one fully qualified ADI to each PDI. Then you can start to teach but you must complete either another 20 hours tuition, or have every 5th lesson you conduct monitored by your ORDIT trainer. You have 6 months on the trainee license during which you can have three attempts at the Pt.3 which is apparantly very difficult A good trick though is to request an extension to the trainee license before it ends, which will usually be refused, but the appeal and you can keep teaching until your appeal is heard which often takes 4-6 months, giving you more time to prepare and apply for your Pt.3 attempts.

I trained with The Instructor College and the fee was IRO £3k, but that includes all the training you'll need, use of cars and many other benefits such as your first 6 months accounts taken care of and a guaranteed placement or your money back.

slagmagnet69

Cheers for the info pal - good luck with it.

Dazza01

So will you be teaching the nervous newbies in your scooby then
or will you be getting a Micra or Clio ?

speye91

Well done, tasty young blondes in short skirts......

Young Blonde.." now where is the gear stick Mr Instructor"

Corradoboy...." It's not that one, try this"


Mick

Apparition

Hope it goes ok for you. My brother has been an instructor now for a few years , but the promise of good money isn't that rosey. Sadly, we have a training school here in peterboro' so there is a glut of schools springing up and therefore a dearth of prospective students. It doesn't matter how good an instructor you are either, (my brother has an excellent pass record), people don't take any notice of that when booking. Also, the better you are, the more a victim of your own success you become. Student passes, need new students.
I wish you well. If you do it well, you will get good word of mouth references and thay are worth their weight in gold.
Cheers Yve

Bug Eyed Peas

Well done Dave. All the best with your new career. Hope it works out for the Zest, whoops, sorry, best

Anthony, Ange & Ben

WRX300MAN

Congrats! . .

. . .And don't forget . . Its mirror, signal, maneuvre!

LG John

What sort of pay are you looking at when fully qualified up? Well done btw

Jdub

Good luck mate, BTW thats on my birthday

corradoboy

Thanks all

WRX300MAN, it's MSPSL now, not MSM

Yve, thanks for the input. I have been told that word of mouth referals are the best ad you can have. I don't think I'll struggle for clients as Leeds is huge. There's also a drop in ADI's forecast as some of the older guys who are avoiding the hazard perception bit may opt for retirement rather than bother, some reckon 10-15% but I think that's a bit high, although there are over 30% still to take the test before the year's out.

SB, do the math. Average £19 per hour, you decide how many hours and then deduct about £80 for your car and your franchise fee each week. Franchise fees are usually IRO £100. Mine is way on the low side of the average but some flash bigger companies can be up to £350 a week (inc.car). Your only other outlay is fuel, and putting a quid or two aside for the taxman

J4CKO

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Well done,

What are you going to do to make your breath smell as all the instructors I had were afflicted with hallitosis.

corradoboy

Smints