Driving Instructor
451211 · LightDriving instructors teach people how to drive, defensive driving skills and road safety.
Description
Instructs individuals and groups in the theory and application of driving motor vehicles.
Typical work tasks
Instructs students under actual driving conditions, and explains and demonstrates the operation of brakes, clutch, gear selection, automatic transmission, signals and lights; teaches road traffic regulations; teaches road craft and road safety; advises students when they are ready to undergo driving examination; may advise on and teach advanced driving techniques required for emergency situations; may illustrate and explain handling and mechanical operation of motor vehicles and driving techniques using blackboard diagrams and audiovisual aids.
Typical work environment
- Employees work predominantly in an office and within a car assigned to an instructional facility.
- Work spaces are generally adequately heated and ventilated, clean and well maintained.
Typical physical and mental demands
- Sedentary to light physical demand levels.
- Employees frequently sit, when instructing students on the operation of a motor vehicle.
- Stretching and reaching is required when demonstrating how to use vehicle controls.
- Twisting of the body or neck is likely when looking for traffic coming from behind the vehicle.
- Contact with skin irritants or water is not a significant component of the job.
- Lifting, pulling or carrying is not a significant component of the job.
- Repetitive movements are likely to be frequently required when driving and when entering data into a computer and writing reports.
- Driving is likely to be a frequent requirement.
- Mental skills necessary include communication, calculation, analysis and decision-making and organisational skills.
Enter via a short course or licence (days to weeks). A licence or registration is legally required.
How this was determined (model-generated): I Endorsement / Driving Instructor's Certificate required via an approved course; a licence endorsement gate.
Entry Requirements
To become a driving instructor a person needs to complete an approved course to obtain a Driving Instructor's Certificate, or I Endorsement, which must be renewed every five years (ANZSCO Skill Level 3). To apply for an I Endorsement the applicant must have held a full driver's licence in the class they want to teach for at least two years, and have no criminal convictions.
Further Comments
Positions usually allow some flexibility to meet physical needs.