Are driving instruction courses worth the money & Is there work once Qualified

LookBehindYou wrote: »

NO

No, they are not worth the money???

Or - No, there is no work once qualified???

I dont think their worth the money if you can already drive a car.

What I mean is I got my dad to teach me, drove around for a year, then had two lessons to correct me on the little mistakes, like not checking mirrors enough or at the correct time.

If you are a really nervous driver then I would guess there worth the money.
I would try get someone you know that you think is a safe driver to bring you out first though.

good vibes wrote: »

is any Driving Instructors out there Who could give some advice on this Please,
thx a mill..

My driving instructor was doing the job 15+ years and he had more students than anyone else in my town and he told me that he made better money as a teacher. I laughed and said you're making £25 per hour 10 hours per day. He said that he does well to make an average of 40k per year and that's 60 hour weeks.

The new guys only have a few bookings per day so they are making a loss compared to working a minimum wage job.

When I was learning I found it very difficult to get an instructor who was willing to come out with me more than once a week or for more than an hour at a time.

Many of them advertised themselves as "driving schools" or "academies" when in fact it was just one guy with a sign on his car and if he went AWOL for a week or two I was left with no options.

I suppose the hours are antisocial as most people want weekends and evenings and the cost of fuel and insurance etc makes it hard to stay competitive.
However even when I had my own car I found it very difficult to find someone willing to sit in my car for an hour or two for 30-40 euro an hour which I thought was surprising.