Instructor Course Outline

Part 1 Training:

Your Part 1 training is based upon the set texts suggested by the DSA. We recommend you study these texts, and use the DVD/CDROMs from the Driving Standards Agency in order to assess how well you are progressing. At any point during the training, help is available via email or phone with us.

Part 2 Training:

Your Part 2 training will all be undertaken on a 1 to 1 basis. During your 2 hour sessions you will be given the skills you will need to become a professional driver. The standard expected is equivalent to that of an advanced driver.

At all times during your driver training you will be expected to understand what you are doing, why you are doing it, and how you are doing it. This high concious level of driving will allow help you to explain how an expert driver attains and keeps their driving to such a high level. During your training you will be expected to practice all of the techniques you aquire as often as possible. You can either train in one of our cars or your own.

Part 3 Training:

The Part 3 training is comprehensive, and the syllabus we have developed goes above and beyond that of many other training companies:

Section 1: Preparation

Legal responsibilities and moral obligations - codes of conduct

From phone enquiry to professional introductions

Eyesight checks and driving licences (provisional and foreign)

Learning styles: Think, Research, Observe, Try.

Recapping previous experience with a new customer - course planning

Lesson planning: Structure and timings - ROMPS

Lesson planning: Recapping previous lessons

Lesson planning: Objectives - SMART

Lesson planning: Main points

Lesson planning: Practice - Route planning as seen by a novice driver

Lesson planning: Summary - strengths and areas to work on

Section 2: Instructional Techniques

Levels of Instruction - Guided/Prompted/Independent

Guided: Talk through - head it off at the pass

Prompted: Use of suggestions, questions and hints

Independent: And swinging the pendulum back

Positive and Retrospective instruction

Control of the lesson

Communication

Use of Q & A

Feedback/Encouragement - motivation and plateaus

Instructor's use of controls

Instructor's characteristics - Attitude and approach

Core Competencies - Fault Identification

Core Competencies - Fault Analysis

Core Competencies - Remedial Action

Core Competencies - Combining Skill/Knowledge/Attitude

Mock tests, and test day itself

Section 3: Exam Preparation

The Part 3 Exam - How it works

The Phases - Beginner/Part trained/Trained/Full licence holder

Briefings - Need/Should/Could be useful information

Beginner - Controls

Beginner - Move off and stop

Part trained - Reverse into a limited opening

Part trained - Turn in the road

Part trained - Mirrors and the emergency stop

Part trained/Trained - Approach juntions left/right

Part trained/Trained - Emerging at t-junctions

Part trained/Trained/FLH - Dealing with crossroads

Part trained/Trained/FLH - Meet/Cross/Overtake

Part trained/Trained/FLH - Pedestrian crossings and signals

Trained/FLH - Progress/Hesitancy/Normal position

Trained/FLH - Reverse parking

Part 3 Mock Examination

Section 4: Running the Business

Covering the syllabus - using a track record

Pass Plus, refresher and beyond

The trainee licence

Self assessing your performance

Being self employed

Getting work

Independent or Franchise?

The car, the instructor and "hell, is that the time?!"

Record keeping

Continuing Professional Development

The check test

All units of the course will be checked off, and you will receive a grading for many of them which will indicate how well you are progressing at all times. Like we said, how many other instructor courses go into this detail to make sure that you become a professional, successful driving instructor?

For more details about our course: www.beyonddriving.co.uk

For more information, email: info@beyonddriving.co.uk

Or phone us on: 01524 377 46