Organisation: Department for Transport
Date uploaded: 14th November 2011
Date published/launched: October 2011
This National Driver/Rider Training Standard sets out the skills, knowledge and understanding required to deliver a programme of driver/rider training for all those types of cars, light vans and machines covered by licence categories A/P and B.
• Mastered all the competences set out in Roles 1-4 of the DSA Safe and Responsible Driving Standard (Category B)™ or the DSA Safe and Responsible Riding Standard (Category A/P)™ – that is, they hold a current driving/riding licence.
• Demonstrated competence in Role 5 of the DSA Safe and Responsible Driving Standard (Category B)™ or the DSA Safe and Responsible Riding Standard (Category A/P)™ – that is, that they have demonstrated that they have maintained and improved their competence, at both the theoretical and practical levels, since they acquired their licence; candidates will be expected to demonstrate at least level 3 competence in both areas.
The Standard sets out the knowledge, skills and understanding required to deliver learning effectively. It assumes that trainers will deliver agreed syllabuses using a ‘client-centred’ approach. There is no expectation that trainers will undertake high-level review of those syllabuses.
The Standard recognises that the differing requirements of each category and differing commercial approaches may result in variations in the way a trainer engages with this content. For example it assumes the skills, knowledge and understanding required to work ‘in-car’ but also acknowledges that some driver/rider training organisations may opt to deliver part of any given syllabus to groups, in a classroom context. The knowledge, skills and understanding required to facilitate such groups has been specified but there is no expectation that all trainers will undertake delivery in this way. For motorcycle trainers, on the other hand, group delivery in a classroom or similar training environment, is a core skill.
This version of the Standard is not definitive. It is expected that the range of units available will be extended, in the future – for example, to cover specialist areas such as the Equality Act 2010 and the delivery of remedial programmes. Additional units will also be added to cover the particular skills, knowledge and understanding required to train trainers.
For more information contact:
Helen Tickle
T: 0115 936 6283