Ian Davis I have been a driving instructor since 2018, I came into the industry following a 30 year career in the Heating & Ventilation industry & a short career (1 year) driving buses PCV for Transport for London. “Why the change?” I am asked regularly, the simplest answer I can give is the manual labour side of things caught up with my bones. “Why become a driving instructor?” Normally follows : Back in 2015 a friends son was struggling with his driving lessons, it was quickly established due to his challenging nature, his parents were struggling finding an Instructor who could keep there patience with him. From memory they had tried over 30 different instructors. That summer I took on their son in the summer holidays to do some work experience, it was during the drives to London and all around the London suburbs we found ourselves talking about driving, when one day he asked me if I could teach him to drive in his mums car. I was a little apprehensive but agreed to try. Cutting a long story short Darren passed his test 1st time and I found I really enjoyed the Teaching & Coaching aspect when helping him. I also found I was patient when working with him and thought it was something that could work in my favour with others. After a lot of deliberation I signed up with a training school in November 2017 & obtained my ADI badge in August 2018. I currently train Learners in Dartford, Kent & the surrounding SE postcodes. I also am starting to look to expanding to instructor training in 2023 using the TCIT course. Since qualifying I discovered Tri-Coaching Partnership and have continued my professional development, going on to obtainin their brilliant BTEC Level 4 Professional Award in Coaching for Driver Development qualification. I have also attended the brilliant Tri-Coaching Instructor Training 'Train the Trainer' course & the Tri-Coaching transpersonal coaching course. Following that I signed up to be a Tri -Coaching Trainer in 2021 Other CPD courses I have attended are •Confident drivers ADI nervous drivers kit •Confident drivers 6 week Nervous drivers course •I am also currently completing : Centre of excellence NLP foundation skills diploma & have signed up for the centre of excellence NLP practitioner course. These should all be completed by mid July 2023. |
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