If you are thinking of becoming a driving instructor, you might be wondering what the daily life of an approved driving instructor (ADI) is like. In this driving school article, I will aim to give you an idea of what a day in the life of a driving instructor looks like.
May I just say that Life as a driving instructor is not just all about sitting in the car, and allowing the learner driver control the car with you the ADI just giving instructions. There is much more to it than that, and even when you are not in the car, you are still doing some work to keep your driving school business in front of the competition.
6.30AM: Leave home as need to pickup a driving test candidate at 7am for a 8.07 dsa practical car assessment appointment.
7am: Arrive and have to wait 10 minutes for my learner to come out of house. Having checked documents, we drive for 30 minutes to test centre area, practice 2 of the test manuevers before heading into the centre. My candidate performs the bay parking exercise perfectly, I give her some last minute tips and we head into the waiting room.
8:07: The Driving examiners come out, but they are one person short, soon it becomes aparent that someone has called in sick, and we are the unlucky ones. We are told that the appoitment will be automatically re-booked to the nearest date available, and we can download a driving test compensation form on the DSA website. My learner decides to drive home to gain some extra practice despite the disappointment.
9:00: Having dropped off my test candidate, I take a short break and use the time to go through my pupil list, sending text messages to those who haven't taken driving lessons for sometime. I also reply to the voicemail received in the last hour as I don't answer the phone during driving lessons which means sometimes I lose potential customers who require immediate attention.
9.30: I start the first part of an intensive driving course, I'll be giving this driver 3 hours of tuition as part of preparation for a short notice test next week.
12.30: Take a 15 minute break, go to the toilet and have my lunch.
1.00 pm: Pickup another client for a 1.5hr driving lesson. We are going to be working hard on roundabouts and dual carriageways.
3pm: Time for the second part of the intensive driving lesson, this is 2 more hours of hard work for both of us as we continue to cover the DSA Syllabus, including covering weaknesses in driving test manuevers.
5.30pm: Last lesson of the day, an hour session for a fairly trained learner, our emphasis is on mini-roundabouts, covering making progress and proper indicating.
6.45pm: Arrive at home exhausted, but work is not done yet, as need to respond to some phone calls and text messages and complete some tax administrative record keeping. What a busy day.
Tomorrow is another day, but I only have 2 one hour lessons in my diary! What a diffrence.
More about being a driving instructor
How I became a driving instructor
Instructor Earnings
Driving instructor training costs.
Driving instructors need to have regular check tests.
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