Interested in Becoming a Driving Instructor?

There are many great reasons to become a driving instructor, for example:

• Helping people to achieve their goals - it's a very rewarding job

• Continuous learning and development

• Flexible working hours - fit around your commitments

• Ability to choose your own ways of working (to some extent!)

• Variety of work - no two lessons are the same!

• Meeting new people

• Not an office-based 9-5 job

However, driving instruction is not for everybody, and there are some drawbacks you need to be aware of when considering starting training as an instructor, including:

• Self-employment involves a lot of admin - tracking and responding to enquiries, managing a diary, bookkeeping and completing self-assessment tax returns

• Self-employment is risky: if you are off sick or your car is off the road (or there is a pandemic), you lose money

• Income and expenditure can be unpredictable (which can make it difficult to take out loans or mortgages) and there are no benefits such as sick pay, pension contributions or bonuses

• The job can feel isolated and lonely

Contact Louise or sign up for the information and Q&A session below, to discuss whether driving instruction is right for you.