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Become an Approved Driving Instructor and set up your own driving school Visit our HowTo website at www.howto.co.uk At www.howto.co.ukyou can engage in conversationwith our authors - allof whom have ‘been there anddone that’in their specialistfields.Youcangetaccesstospecialoffersandadditional contentbutmostimportantlyyouwillbeabletoengagewith,and becomeapartof,awideandgrowingcommunityofpeoplejust like yourself. At www.howto.co.uk you’llbeabletotalkandsharetipswithpeople whohavesimilarinterestsandarefacingsimilarchallengesintheir lives.Peoplewho,justlikeyou,havethedesiretochangetheirlives forthebetter-beitthroughmovingtoanewcountry,startinga new business, growing their own vegetables,or writing a novel. At www.howto.co.ukyou’llfindthesupportandencouragementyou needtohelpmakeyouraspirationsareality. You can go direct towww.become-an-approved-driving- instructor.co.ukwhichispartofthemainHowTosite. How To Books strives to present authentic, inspiring, practical information in their books. Now, when you buy a title from How To Books, you get even more than just words on a page. Become an Approved Driving Instructor and set up your own driving school Colin Crane & Paul Pearson howtobooks Published by How To Content, A division of How To Books Ltd, Spring Hill House, Spring Hill Road, Begbroke, Oxford OX5 1RX Tel: (01865) 375794. Fax: (01865) 379162 [email protected] www.howtobooks.co.uk How To Books greatly reduce the carbon footprint of their books by sourcing their typesetting and printing in the UK. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or stored in an information retrieval system (other than for purpose of review) without the express permission of the publisher in writing. The right of Colin Crane and Paul Pearson to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. © 2009 Colin Crane and Paul Pearson British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 978 1 84803 344 3 Cover design by Baseline Arts, Oxford Produced for How To Books by Deer Park Productions, Tavistock Typeset by Pantek Arts Ltd, Maidstone NOTE: The material contained in this book is set out in good faith for general guidance and no liability can be accepted for the loss or expense incurred as a result of relying in particular circumstances on statements made in the book. The laws and regulations are complex and liable to change, and readers should check the current position with the relevant authorities before making personal arrangements. Contents Abouttheauthors ix Preface xi Introduction xiii 1. Becoming an approved driving instructor 1 Areyousureyouwanttobecomeanapproveddrivinginstructor (ADI)? 1 TherealityofbeinganADI 2 ConditionssetbytheDrivingStandardsAgency 5 ThethreequalifyingADItests 6 Trainingforthetests 11 Trainingcourses 11 Thetraineelicence 15 2. Choosing your trainer 18 Planofaction 18 What are the risks andwhatwillbe on offer? 19 Questionsyoushouldask 19 3. Your training 23 ADIPart1training(theory) 23 ADIPart2training(practicaldriving) 25 ADIPart3training(instructionalability) 27 DSAchecktests 30 4. Choosing your car 31 Should you buy an old or a new car? 31 Check the health andsafetyissues 32 Checkitsreliability 32 Check whetheryour car can be used for the test 32 Buyingdualcontrols 32 Choosingapetroloradieselenginecar 33 Consideringthecosts 35 Choosingaconvenientgarage 36 Buyingyourcar 36 Takingatestdrive 40 Buying,leasingorhiringacar? 40 Furtherimportantconsiderations 41 V BECOME AN APPROVED DRIVING INSTRUCTOR 5. The ADI as a businessperson 43 Runningasuccessfulbusiness 43 Setting up a home office 43 Yourincome 45 Dealingwithclients 46 Managingyourtime 47 Income 49 Expenditure 51 Advertising 52 Personalinsurance 57 Pensions 58 Keepingrecords 59 6. Working as an ADI 64 Whatareyourchoices? 64 Calculatingyournetincome 68 Workingforyourselfandhavingyourowndrivingschool 69 Whydosomeschoolshavespecialoffers? 72 Encouragingclientstochooseyouastheirinstructor 72 Offeringintensivecourses 73 OfferingPassPluscourses 76 7. Dealing with a new client 78 Preparingforyourfirstcontactwiththenewclient 78 Diarycalculations 79 Makingthefirstcontact:thetelephone 80 Makingthesecondcontact:thedoorstep 81 Establishingthetermsandconditions 82 Makingthethirdcontact:thelesson 82 Dressandhygienecode 83 Carcode 84 Maintainingprofessionalstandards 85 Dealingwithpaymentproblems 85 Complyingwithlegalmattersanddialogue 87 Documentationandtrainingresources 88 Losingclients:somecommonreasons 89 Arranginglessonswithfamilyandfriends 90 Concludingthefirstlesson 92 8. Structuring your lessons 93 Two-wayassessment 93 Buildinggoodrelationships 94 Establishingtheclient’sdrivingexperience 95 VI CONTENTS Buildinganappropriaterapportwithyourclient 97 Theclientwithnopreviousexperience 99 9. Planning lessons and training areas 100 Choosingthetrainingarea:thefirstlesson 100 Lessonbriefingsandtimemanagement 100 Concludingthefirstlesson 104 Moving at the pace your client can safely manage 105 Usingdifferenttrainingroutes 108 Avoidinglessonsinthetestareas 109 10. Preparing for the test and the test day 112 Gettingyourclientreadyfortheirpracticaltest 112 Bookingthepracticaltest 114 Theweeksapproachingthetestdate 116 Thetestdayapproaches 118 Managingthetestday 120 11. Miscellaneous matters 128 Buyingcar-roofsignsandmagneticsigns 128 Purchasingadditionalmirrorsandlenses 130 Cleaningthedrivingschoolcar 131 Keeping lesson records 133 Suggestedequipmenttocarryinyourcar 134 Postscript 136 Appendix1:webaddressesandcontactdetails 137 Appendix2:ADItraininginformation 142 Appendix3:terminologyusedbyexaminersonthetest 146 Appendix4:first-aidkitsandaccidentbooks 149 Appendix5:checklistforchoosingyourtrainingcar 151 Appendix6:abbreviations 157 Index 159 VII This page intentionally left blank About the authors The authors are business partners who jointly own a driving school website that sells top-quality materials to instructors and trainers. They also operate theirownindividualandsuccessfuldrivingschoolsintheSouthofEngland. Colin Crane first started his working career as a teacher and took early retire- ment after 29 years as a head teacher, having fulfilled his ambition to have his own school built to his own design and specifications and operating a unique style of teaching within it. In the latter years of his teaching he retrained as a driving instructor and quite quickly built up a large driving school (covering four counties) which he later sold. He now operates another very successful driving school with a constant, full diary. He also undertakes ADI training andisaRoSPA(Gold)advanceddriverandtutor. Paul Pearson came to the driving training industry from the fire service. During his 25 years as an operational fire-fighter, he also carried out the duties of a fire serviceinstructor,wherehegainedvaluableexperienceininstructingandrunning courses and in setting fire service exams. As he had enjoyed instructing it seemed only natural, on retirement from the service, to become an ADI. After working for a local driving school for 12 months he decided to start his own driving school,which,overtheyears,hasgonefromstrengthtostrength. Several years ago Colin and Paul collaborated to form a joint website with the philosophy of producing good-value training and business aids that ADIs and PDIs would find extremely valuable. The first of these products was graphic briefings. Graphic Briefings have been developed over the years, resulting in a set of training aids for both trainees and qualified instructors to use. Logbooks followed. After this, Colin and Paul realised that there was another gap in the market. It occurred to them both that the one thing they would have dearly loved in their early days was a no-nonsense guide – not only on how to become an ADI but also on how to go about setting up your own driving school. This would have helped to avoid time-consuming and frustrating pitfalls and would have kept their training and other costs to a minimum. Fromthis,thisbookevolved. IX

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