Welcome to Instructor Training Scotland.
My name is Bruce and i am an ADI grade 6, ORDIT registered trainer who has been training PDI's for over 10 years. I am area tutor for Scotland and am based in Renfrewshire although we have ORDIT registered trainers throughout Britain.Please browse through the website and if we can answer any questions click on the contact me link and i will reply to you as soon as is possible or call me direct.
No other driver training organisation has a business and training package to rival the quality and professionalism of LDC. It is this quality and professionalism that has generated, and continues to generate LDCs’ success.
You could be part of that success and share in the rewards that come from serving the needs of customers at the top end of the driver training market.
The rewards of excellence
LDC instructors who do a normal working week (i.e. 40 lessons per week) and take the average time off for holidays can potentially earn between £25,000 and £40,000 per annum after meeting all business and car expenses, depending upon the level of support they need, the local lesson rate and the type of training being provided. Of course, if you want to put more effort in and work longer hours, your rewards can be substantially higher.
While pay is very important, the biggest reward comes from knowing that what you are doing is more than just a job - you are doing something that helps enrich people’s lives and adds to their safety and security. The smile from a learner who has just passed the test provides the ultimate in job satisfaction.
Be your own boss
As an LDC instructor, you will have the freedom and the incentive to create your own prosperity. The better you are at your job, and the better you look after your customers, the more you prosper financially. In short, you enjoy all the advantages of being your own boss but not the disadvantages.
You decide when and where you work. The hours are very flexible. So whether you are looking to work part-time or full-time this can easily be accommodated. You also have the strength of a successful driving school behind you providing all the support, advice, marketing and management know-how that are so essential for success. And of course you get to use the unique LEARNER DRIVING tuition system.
Your investment in your future
Because of the freedom and flexibility with which they work, driving instructors are entitled to the status of self-employment with all the tax advantages that it confers. As a consequence, all driving instructors in the UK, regardless of which driving school they work for are self-employed.
However, in order to enjoy these benefits, you must pay for goods and services that are essential to do your job (and indeed to start your job) out of your own pocket. Thus, it is standard practice in the industry to meet the cost of your own training.
Don’t worry if you haven’t got a lump sum that you can invest. Various forms of finance, including Government-sponsored Career Development Loans are available to spread the cost. We also have our own “Pay as you go” scheme. When the costs of becoming an instructor are viewed in relation to your future earnings once qualified, this investment is very small and quickly returned.
A genuine career opportunity
This is a real career opportunity. We are a genuine driving school with a long established and proven track record of success. We do not act as an agent for other driving schools nor are we an instructor training company masquerading as a driving school. With LDC you are not dependent upon a third party or a superficial un-proven driving school to secure your future career prospects. The company that is training you is the company that you will work with - a company with a proven and financially sound driving school business. If you are accepted you will be given a written Career Offer guaranteeing you a position with us before you commit to any training.
How we work together
We provide you with the means to earn money directly from your pupils and you in turn pay us. This method of operating is often referred to as a job franchise. All the other major driving schools in the UK operate in this manner (e.g. BSM, the AA etc.). Typically a large weekly fee of between £200 and £300 per week is paid for the provision of a car and pupils. This type of set up can potentially leave you out of pocket if insufficient work is provided. However, this doesn't happen with LDC because of the innovative way in which we work with our instructors.
We only charge a small weekly fee of £25 with all other services being optional. This ensures you only pay for what you need and that charges for optional services have to be very competitive to keep your custom. Our main source of income is generated through the provision of pupils to our instructors. In short, we obtain a commission based on the pupil fees we collect on your behalf. Thus you cannot be out of pocket because at the same time we request our commission we provide you with the pupil fees for the work done, a much fairer system.
We also provide you with the means and know-how to generate your own pupils. In this regard we are quite unique. No charges are made for pupils that are self-generated. Therefore, the more pupils you obtain for yourself, the more you earn and the less you pay to us. Within just a few months the majority of our instructors are able to self-generate a large proportion of their own pupils from referrals alone thus avoiding pupil commission charges. This is one of the reasons why we can offer such an incredible value-for-money franchise package and why very few instructors’ leave once joined.
With regards to the car, you can either rent or buy a driving school car from us at a subsidized rate (up to 30% discount), or use your own car (if suitable) - the choice is yours. Thus you can be assured of keeping your car costs to a minimum. Also unique to LDC is the option to choose the type of car you want to drive. Any car that you do obtain will have your own contact details incorporated into the standard LDC car livery to help you generate even more of your own pupils and thus reduce your costs still further. No wonder we can claim to offer the highest earnings potential of any Driving School franchise.
Trainee Licence option
You can potentially begin to work and earn money as an instructor (either part-time or full-time), once you have passed the second part of the qualifying exam, on a Trainee Licence. With our training course this experience is not essential to passing the qualifying examination but it does provide a useful extra option for you to consider.
You can really only be assured of this option if you train with a genuine driving school. Beware that some training organisations do not offer the option of a trainee license or if they do it is not with their school but with any school they can find at the time. Thus you cannot be sure of the support you will get or the level of income you will earn etc. In such circumstances it is also likely you would lose any guarantee of a position with the school you originally hoped to join.
Career prospects with LDC
Once qualified nobody in the driver training industry can offer you better opportunities for career advancement than LDC. Once you have got some miles under your wheels as a LDC instructor, you can upgrade your skills further and command a higher hourly income. And as the LDC instructor network expands, openings arise in management and tutor training. Where possible, we like to recruit from within the network.
This is an exciting time to be entering the driver training industry. The standard of training that the Driving Standards Agency requires of driving instructors is rising steadily. The sophisticated European approach to driver training (i.e. off-road training centres and compulsory professional training) is beginning to be taken seriously in the UK. Those driving instructors who are leading the industry by the most modern methods at the top end of the market will thrive while those stuck in the past will fall by the wayside.
And where do you find these leading instructors? Working with LDC, of course.