TEST OF INSTRUCTIONAL ABILITY

For those who harbour ambitions of becoming an Approved Driving Instructor (A.D.I.), they will have to take and pass a series of three tests set by the Driving Standards Agency who is responsible for driving standards in the U.K. Full details of these tests and all relevant information can be found in the following link to the Drivers World ‘The Road to Becoming an A.D.I.’

The third and final test in the series is the ‘Test of Instructional Ability’.

It is a one hour practical test which takes place in the car out on the open road, where the examiner plays the role of a pupil and the candidate is required to give instruction on two aspects of learning to drive. The subjects are chosen by the examiner and each lasts approximately 30 minutes. The examiner assesses you on your ability to cover all the key points of the chosen subject in a way which ensures that proper learning takes place.

The test is difficult enough if you are not used to role playing techniques, but it will be almost impossible to achieve success if you rely entirely on your memory and do not use at least some of the practical tools available to you. The examiner will expect you to use ‘Visual Aids’ and will be even more impressed if you use them properly and to good effect.

Proper preparation and attention to detail with the use of the right visual aids will help to avoid the disappointment of failure and the loss of expensive entrance fees. A picture speaks a thousand words and on the basis that ‘what you hear you will forget and what you see you will remember’ you should be able to ensure that learning takes place and thereby satisfy the examiner that you are fit to be given a full A.D.I. licence.

If you want success without wasting time and repeated entrance fees you should ensure that you are properly equipped. You can never be too well prepared.

With this in mind Drivers World has prepared a series of twelve ‘Visual Aids Modules’ complete with diagrams, ‘Lesson plans’ and full descriptive text on all the points you will need to cover. They follow closely the twelve core lessons which the D.S.A. examiners use when selecting a subject for instruction.

They are provided for use as a teaching tool and are therefore equally useful to qualified instructors for use when teaching learners or when attending their ‘Check Test’. They are also an invaluable supplement to the required reading for trainee A.D.I.s as recommended in the Drivers World ‘Bookshelf’

To give a flavour of what to expect Drivers World has provided the first module, ‘THE CONTROLS’ completely FREE of charge.
Click on the link to see just what the examiner is looking for. You will be able to see how the lesson plans are constructed and a description of all the points you should be covering. If used properly they will be a tremendous asset in achieving your goal and also in the normal course of your work after you qualify. (There is also a link to the Free PDF of the file for you to download and Keep.)

The ’Controls’ lesson was provided FREE, but the preparation of the entire series involved a great deal of time and research and in an effort to recoup some of the costs incurred by Drivers World and to help with the running and ongoing development of the site a nominal charge for each of the remaining eleven modules has to be made.

A charge of £3 will therefore be made for each of the remaining eleven modules. You can download them one at a time and gradually build them into a ring binder, or you can take them all at once for the reduced price of £25. When you consider the very high fees charged by A.D.I. training organisations this could prove to be the best investment you ever made.

Just as a point of interest it is worth noting that Drivers World contributes a percentage of any revenue raised in the operation of this site to an organisation of children’s hospices based in the U.K. For more details on this see the link to ‘Quercus Robur’.

Click on the link above if you want to proceed further and gain access to the full set of modules.

Drive Safely.