To want to be a driving test examiner

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I am currently a professional driver, have been driving for 11 years with no accidents. I know I drive to a high standard.
I see idiots on the road every single day and wonder how they passed their driving test.
I've been thinking about what career I want and this is something I think I'd really like to do.
I've done a little bit of research but would love some first hand info if there are any examiners out there?

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Don't you need to be a qualified driving instructor? Not just confident about your own driving ability?

You will have to have £££ for training. It's expensive.

If you don't mind sitting on your bum all day. Both my instructors were morbidly obese.

If you don't mind sitting on your bum all day.
What do you think the majority office workers do?

Both my instructors were morbidly obese.

Wow....... judgemental much?

You don't need to have been an instructor first but there's an intense training programme and exams to pass. And you're not guaranteed a job at the end of the training either.

It's quite an expensive process op but if it's something you can afford and feel you will enjoy and do well at, then go for it!

I don't think it costs - I know it's expensive to become a driving instructor but this is a government position with the dvla.

It does not cost anything. If accepted, you will undergo intensive residential training, which you may not get through. So make sure you have a plan B if you have left a job. You do not need to have been an instructor first.
Be aware that almost everyone thinks they are a good driver, which is why very few take any further training. Look at any forum where people are talking about failing their test and you will find "I'm a good driver" or "I know I can drive" and so it is always the examiner's fault.
People will always hear 'instructor' rather than 'examiner' as proven by some of the comments in this subject.
You will conduct 7 tests per day with 30 mins for lunch, which you will spend catching up on your paperwork from the mornings tests.
You will make people cry on a regular basis, and may take the brunt of their frustration.
Pay cap is still in place as a civil service position.
All that said - can be a great job! Go for it.
Good luck :-)

@leannetta thanks!
I know most people think they're good drivers, I'm always saying the test should be harder and re-say every 5 years!
I have taken advanced driver safety training in my current job and have taken the IAM course and am a member so I know I am above average.
I don't plan to leave my current job unless I get a new one though.

Is it really a lot of paperwork?

Try this.

It's not that it's a lot of paperwork, just that you don't have much time between tests to get it done. It's more paperwork if they haven't passed (not allowed to say 'failed' in case it upsets them).
You may struggle with not leaving your current job before you get a new one unless your employer is happy to keep your position open for up to 6 weeks. It may take this long to discover if you have made it through the training.