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Becoming a driving instructor

  • 05-03-2006 9:41pm
    #1
    sim19
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12 ✭


    Anyone know whats involved in becoming a driving instructor in Ireland, am in early 50's hold full liscence for over 25 years and consider myself an excellent driver.


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  • #2
    Idleater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,236 ✭✭✭Idleater


    Your best bet is to contact existing driving instructors/instructor organisations (eg ism) to find out about this. I asked the IRTA about this at the bike show at the RDS last weekend too. For bikes you need a minimum Silver Advanced driving certificate (RoSPA) and then you pay circa €1000 to sit an instructors cource. This is approx 6 days and has several exams.

    Things to note. You might consider yourself an excellent driver, but you aren't. Nobody is. You like everyone on the planet have a lot more to learn, especially as the roads, regulations, attitudes are constantly changing and being updated. Failing to recognise this fact should discount anyone from being an instructor because it instills in the learners an attitude that once they have passed their DoE test that they are sorted for life.

    In being an instructor you not only have to be able to drive "correctly" you also have to be able to teach, demonstrate, communicate and coach other people who may have very varying abilities in all these aspects.


    Of course you could just get a sign made up for the window of your car, stick an add in the local newsletter and take it from there......

    L.


  • #3
    DubTony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭DubTony


    nereid wrote:
    Of course you could just get a sign made up for the window of your car, stick an add in the local newsletter and take it from there......

    L.


    ... and therein lies the whole crazy problem.

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  • #4
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,093 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    sim19 wrote:
    Anyone know whats involved in becoming a driving instructor in Ireland, am in early 50's hold full liscence for over 25 years and consider myself an excellent driver.

    Bold italics above mine.

    If you did the test tomorrow you would probably fail. Bad habits creep in. Do you always follow the rules of the road?

    Not your ornery onager



  • #5
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    esel wrote:
    Bold italics above mine.

    If you did the test tomorrow you would probably fail. Bad habits creep in. Do you always follow the rules of the road?
    Yeah I would consider my father a good driver, but I have absolutely no doubt he would fail a test if he drove like he does now in it. There are lots of little tips you need to know and pass onto students.

    And you should know all the rules of the road, not just the ones in the book. I was asked questions in my test that were not included in the rules of the road, I got them right but would have kicked up **** if I didn't and was asked them.

    I also did manoueveurs (sp??!!) in my test that are not covered in the rules of the road and I am still not sure if they were legal, I still passed either way.


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