does anyone know how much it is to train for a driving intructors?

[trace2]

dh want to do this ,but looked on line and no one gives a price, he really wants to do this but, we are limted with cash

It usually costs about £3000

It's about £2600-£3000, depending on who you want to train with. Some schools pay for all your exams (including any re-sits) and others don't.

DH is a driving instructor so if you want any help, advice or info I'm here

I was going to ask what sort of money you make from it, as it's something I've considered (my dp would lol)

and does most of the work take place in evenings and weekends

and should you steer clear of those small ads and go with BSM or thAA

It's very, very much swings & roundabouts. Some weeks he can make pretty good money, some weeks next to nothing.
Unless you set up entirely independently, you will have to pay a partnership or franchise fee for use of a car, advertising etc. This can be anything fron £175-£230 PER WEEK. You have to pay your own petrol costs, but most schools do tax, MOT, insurance & repairs as part of their fee. BSM & AA are worst for this
Some schools charge you for finding you pupils.
You are self employed, so you have to pay your own tax & NI, keep your own books etc
DH (on a good day) can have pupils from 10am to 8pm. Tomorrow he has got 1 pupil all day

Iklboo dh really wants to do this, and hes seen an ad that he pays out 2600 and after he passer the sponsor pays it back, dont know weather its right or not?, we live in yorkshire, ill like to know who is best to go with,

trace, not heard that one where they pay it back. That could be a racket - eg you give sponsor £2600 and they leg it! It doesn't (or shouldn't) cost anything to get the info packs. He could call a few and see who offers the best all round deal.
He'll have to do 3 exams:

1. An advanced theory test, including an advanced Hazard Perception question. YOu have to get 80 out of 100 in the theory test. Not less than 20/25 in each of the 4 categories (eg if he got 19 in one section and 21 in another, it would be classed as a fail!)

2. An advanced driving test.

3. A test of teaching ability (he gets tuition on how to teach throughout the course. On the day the examiner 'pretends' to be a pupil who has only had a couple of lessons, and then 'pretend' to be a pupil ready for their test.

You get 3 goes at each exam, but only 2 years from the date you pass your theory to qualify.

can he do all this while he still working/ am going to ring round a few now, ill let him read this to night when he gets home. thank you ill bump for you if he wants any more info, if thats ok?

Hi - yes, DH trained while he was still working. He's been a driving instructor now since April this year. It is hard work and sometimes he getc v tired BUT he does enjoy it. Now....all we need is a load more pupils
I'll be logging off soon and won't be in tomorrow, but if you want to email me at home for info it's fine - I check at least once a day. It's [email protected]

My next door neighbour has trained round her job.

Hi TRace! My dh is studying for his part 1 now, he is doing this around his full time job. He has paid £1400 to go with a local man who runs his own ADI training company. This is a cheaper option as there will be 2 pupils per 1 instructor for his part 3 training.

Iklboo - I might be picking your brain later if taht's OK!

Northerner - pick away

Thi nk he's OK for now, just swotting up for part 1. He's had his driving assessment and has realised the error of his ways and now has to concentrate on correcting his driving faults.

It's nice to know I can shout you if I need to. Thanks

No worries - I can ask Dh anything I don't know - and if you need to rant about being a driver instructor "widow/sounding board", I know what you're going through (DH has, on occasion, given a driving lesson in his sleep )

I shall look forward to that!

With The Instructor College it is about 3 grand PLUS tests on top which you get refunded at the end of the course..DH is doing one at the moment.

He can do it around his present job btw... and most of them will loan the money and you can either pay in full on qualification or have it as a loan at an extortionate rate!

These are reputable.

But it's not a particularly remunerative profession, overall.

For various reasons, a lot to do with VAT, almost all instructors are one-man-bands - and that doesn't change just because it says AA on the car. You need to get a good local reputation to acquire more pupils to keep going.

There's all the standard scams about, where people will take your money and run without providing good ADI training. But in between that an the reputable end, firms will have you teaching pupils as a trainee - and not really telling you that you're not good enough at it to pass the ADI tests.

Then there may be a saturated market where you live so making a living is hreally hard work.

Lots of people do make a reasonable-ish living at it, though.

As I've said here before, if you've booked a practical driving test in the last 8 years, it was my computer system that made it difficult for you. Sorry. :-)

Best of luck with it all.

The DSA site has a list of all approved ADI Instructor Training Schools. DSA.gov.uk key ADI into search box.

it was hard to find here

Can I join the ADI widows club please?

Oh and my tip - if you go for it is that you can fund your training with a Career Development Loan which a few banks do. Very low interest cp to standard loans.

I think DP paid about £1800 to train 5yrs ago - but there were holes in his tuition & ended up paying for more 'extra' tuition from another trainer to supplement what he had already paid for.