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How the scheme works

By law, you have to be an approved driving instructor (ADI) to charge money for driving instruction in a car.

You do not need an extra qualification if you also want to train driving instructors. However, you can join the voluntary official register of driving instructor training (ORDIT).

Its run by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).

Joining it lets you:

• prove you meet the DVSA standard to provide high-quality training
• advertise yourself as a DVSA ORDIT trainer
• have your details added to the GOV.UK service to find driving instructor training courses

Eligibility

To become an ORDIT trainer, you must:

• be an ADI
• have got a grade A at your latest ADI standards check (a grade A from your ADI part 3 test does not count)

You then need to pass an assessment of your training skills with DVSA.

Prepare for your assessment

Study these documents on GOV.UK:

• the national standard for driver and rider training
• the national standard for driving cars and light vans
• the learning to drive a car syllabus

You can also use books and software to help you prepare for your assessment:

• The Highway Code
• Know your traffic signs
• Driving - the essential skills
• the official theory test for approved driving instructors pack
• the Driving Instructors Handbook

Get a trainer

Get a registered trainer to help you prepare for the assessment.

Find driving instructor training courses and check if the trainer provides training to help you qualify.

Book the qualifying assessment

Read and agree the ORDIT terms and conditions (PDF, 186 KB, 15 pages).

Download and fill in the application form.

Book an ORDIT trainer assessment

PDF, 222 KB, 4 pages

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Send the form to DVSA with the 151.20 assessment fee (which includes VAT). You can pay by:

• debit or credit card
• cheque or postal order made payable to DVSA

What happens next

DVSA will call you to arrange the date and time of your assessment. Youll then get an email to confirm the details.

The assessment lasts up to 1 hour 30 minutes. This includes:

• a short time at the start where the examiner will ask you about the trainee youve brought with you
• around one hour where you give a training session to your trainee
• 15 minutes at the end where the examiner will give you your result and feedback

What to take to your assessment

You need to take:

• your ADI certificate (badge)
• a suitable car (it must meet the same rules as cars used for the ADI part 3 test)
• a trainee
• your trainees ADI certificate or trainee instructor licence (this must be displayed in the windscreen if the trainee is paying you for the session)
• training records for your trainee

Your trainee

Your trainee must be either:

• someone training to become an ADI
• a qualified ADI

During your assessment, your trainee can either:

• train a real learner driver, while you give regular guidance and feedback from the back of the car
• train you, if youre role-playing a pupil and are simulating faults for them to correct

Training records

You also need to bring either:

• a log of the training youve been doing with your trainee, if youve trained them before
• an overview of how you intend to record your trainees progress (for example, a blank template) if you have not trained them before

Before the assessment

The examiner will ask you some questions about your trainee. You need to be able to tell them:

• what parts of
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