Motorcycle Training London - Advantage Wimbledon

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Becoming an Instructor

The motorcycle training industry is governed and regulated by the Driving Standards Agency (DSA). There are strict rules associated with motorcycle training and to become an instructor you must meet the following basic criteria.

· Be over 21 years old
· Hold an unrestricted motorcycle licence for over 3 years
· Have less than 6 penalty points
· Be deemed to be a fit and proper person to be an instructor

The 3 stages of qualification

There are 3 levels of instructor and two tests or assessments to pass to become fully qualified, which are simplified below.

Down trained
This is the first step for many instructors, there is no exam to pass for this level. You will be trained and assessed by a qualified instructor and then licensed to teach Compulsory Basic Training (CBT) only. Even though there are no tests for this level, you would still be subject to internal supervision by the school that licence's you, along with assessment by visiting DSA examiners.

Cardington assessed
To reach this level you will have to pass a tough, two day assessment at the DSA training establishment in Cardington, Bedfordshire. Here you will have to prove your character and skills as an instructor along with your ability to supervise and train other instructors. The DSA frequently modify the assessment to defend and improve the standard of instruction throughout the industry and future planned changes including charging up to £650 by the DSA for this qualification.

DAS qualified
Becoming DAS qualified means a further trip to Cardington and the final, half day assessment on your ability to instruct on large bikes. Once this assessment has been passed, you would be fully qualified and able to operate your own training school, providing instruction to test standard.

Advantage instructor training

Within the industry there are many "instructor schools" that charge anything up to £1500 to teach would-be instructors how to pass the Cardington exams. The poor standard of potential instructors submitted by many of these places contributes to the justifiably low pass rate at Cardington. The biggest problem for the industry is instructors that have passed the exams and are "qualified" but have little or no experience at all of teaching. Remember the old saying "a fool and his money are easily parted". BUYER BEWARE!!

Train with the best

At Advantage we have no intention of or interest in boosting our profits by charging potential instructors a fortune for just enough training to scrape through the exams. We would never risk our reputation by putting forward an unsuitable instructor. With over 15 years in motorcycle instruction and instructor training, along with the extra advantage of having an ex-DSA examiner on the team, Advantage is more than equipped to help you reach the qualification level you require. Advice and business start up support is also available. For details on how you could become a great instructor call 020 8543 5722 and see what we can do for you!