How do I choose?
Before you decide to train with or join a company, you need to ask yourself what unique selling points (USPs) it has. What does it have that will ensure you qualify as a driving instructor and how can you be sure it will provide you with the right route to a secure and decent living thereafter? We have provided below a summary of how LDC can satisfy these points on both counts:
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| "For me LDC came top of 4 well known names. From day one I knew I had made the best choice. LDC in my opinion has the best trainers and training facilities to help you realise your dream of becoming a fully qualified driving instructor." | "I wanted a career change that would be flexible and manageable. After a lot of researching and talking to "real" LDC instructors and trainers I chose to train with LDC and have achieved my goal in becoming a driving instructor." | "I chose LDC after considering other companies because I thought the LDC Training package and Franchise was the best available. I am still part of the LDC franchise after 12 years and am very happy." |
Why choose a job with LDC
1. First and foremost, LDC is a successful driving school. It is not one of the superficial showcase schools that have sprung up in recent years to help driving instructor training companies and colleges sell expensive driving instructor training courses to the unsuspecting public. Similarly, we are not a struggling driving school who has branched out into driving instructor training to help prop up a failing business. Operating a successful driving school provides LDC’s main source of income and profit. It is very easy to give the illusion of having a successful driving school on a website or in a brochure but once you do some serious digging you will often find there is little or no substance behind the glossy facade. Such driving schools make all their money from selling driving instructor training courses.
2. The LDC driving school was established over 20 years ago in 1987 so we have the know-how, financial stability and experience to ensure you succeed.
3. Since we moved away from the traditional driving school method of charging a large weekly fee for our services, we have gone from strength to strength with hundreds of successfully established driving instructors now in our team across the UK.
4. LDC offers the most flexible working arrangement of any national driving school where the driving instructor only pays a small weekly fee with all other resources being optional. Thus you only pay for what you need or only acquire those resources from LDC that truly represent good value for money - a much fairer system.
5. LDC also offers a very effective Pupil Generation service that ensures you are never out of pocket (unlike the traditional large weekly franchise fee schemes) and any pupils generated by you are free. And best of all, we support you in this task in several unique ways, including helping you maximise your number of referrals.
6. As an LDC driving instructor you offer your pupils the unique LD System of driving tuition with DVD's and a Driving Skills workbook, plus a comprehensive range of pupil training materials for the Theory, Hazard Perception and Driving test. A unique selling point to help give you the edge in a competitive market.
7. The choice of car is yours. You can buy or rent, or rent with the option to buy with fantastic discounts. Alternatively, you can supply your own car for the job (if suitable). No other national school offers you this flexibility or low car cost.
8. Unlike some driving schools we do not charge a higher franchise fee if you are operating on a trainee licence.
9. Consequently, with LDC you will be able to earn far more money than with any other driving school, or indeed more than if you were to operate on your own. This is why we can claim to offer the highest potential earnings of any major driving school in the UK and why few driving instructors leave once joined.
- State-of-the-art pupil training materials – the UK's number one provider of software last year for the Theory/Hazard Perception test as stated by Auto Express magazine
- Highly acclaimed LD driving tuition system – a revolutionary new way to train people to drive with DVDs, workbook, presenter and carefully structured in-car driving lessons
- Latest cutting edge marketing techniques and resources for pupil generation
- Highly visible corporate image so vital to success with a car livery customised with your details for maximum marketing awareness
- Choice of car for you to hire or buy at substantial discounts
- Most flexible working arrangement of any driving school
- Lowest support fees = highest potential earnings
- You only pay for the work generated and are therefore never out of pocket
- Low turnover of driving instructors - a fair package and high earnings ensure few leave
- Those on a trainee licence are charged the same franchise fee
- Proven track record - financially sound - well established
Why choose LDC for the driving instructor training
1. LDC operates a very successful and profitable driving school, which is why you represent a real asset to us once qualified and why we will give you our full commitment to get you qualified. We are not one of the new showcase driving schools or old declining driving schools who make all their profit from selling driving instructor training courses. Such driving schools and all driving instructor training companies are, in the main, only interested in providing the contracted hours of training. So despite what they may say, once they have done the minimum amount of training you are very much on your own.
2. The LDC driving instructor training course is designed to get you through the ADI examination in the most effective way possible rather than to make it easy and convenient for us to deliver. This is why we have developed state-of-the-art training resources, modern support methods, and a network of highly qualified and motivated DSA ORDIT trainers despite the significant extra costs this involves.
3.We allocate one of 35 ORDIT qualified driving instructor trainers to undertake your practical driving instructor training from start to finish.
4. Our pass rates are second to none with 99.5% of students passing Part 1, 99.3% passing Part 2, and 84.6% passing Part 3 last year.
5. Our unique state-of-the-art student centered driving instructor training open learning resources (e.g. DVDs, software, guides, workbooks etc) are provided from day one to enable you to take control of the learning process and make maximum use of any spare time you may have.
6. The driving instructor training for each part of the qualifying ADI exam is overlapped so that the development of skills can commence immediately and less time is wasted waiting for exam dates.
7. LDC offers you the option of one-to-one in-car driving instructor training for Parts 2 and 3 to ensure that any driving instructor training is specific to your needs and no time is wasted watching or waiting for others, or being left behind.
8. We can provide the option of a trainee licence with LDC should the extra practical experience be useful to help you pass Part 3 of the qualifying exam or if it becomes necessary to start earning money before fully qualifying. Unlike many organisations we provide sufficient training to enable you to pass this test without a trainee licence.
9. Free additional driving instructor training is provided in the unlikely event that you fail any part of the qualifying exam, and additional re-try training thereafter should you fail Part 2 or 3 a third time. In this way success is virtually assured sooner or later.
10. Finally, because we are genuinely a successful driving school we provide far better training and charge almost £1,000 less then those heavily advertised driving instructor training colleges and showcase driving schools who solely make money from driving instructor training. The full cash price of the course is £2,345 but if you decide to join and rent a car from us after qualifying we offer cash back and savings worth £1,500; thus the real cost of the course can be as little as £845. Best of all you are entitled to these incentives immediately after you join not several monthes later after potentially paying thousands of pounds in franchise fees. We can offer this because we want a long term relationship and we know that with every addition to our driving instructor network, our future profits will grow.
- Ultra modern open learning driving instructor training materials – nothing comes close to what LDC offers
- State-of-the-art driving instructor training centre for those training in the north of England
- Sophisticated support via internet forum, phone, email, fax and post
- 35 highly motivated LDC ORDIT qualified local trainers
- Personal driving instructor trainer allocated from start to finish
- One-to-one in-car driving instructor training so as to ensure maximum use of time
- Overlapped driving instructor training for each part for maximum progress
- Tailor made driving instructor training - not poor quality training in intensive chunks
- Optional, local classroom driving instructor training sessions
- Free additional driving instructor training if you fail an attempt, plus additional free re-try training until you qualify
- Six month trainee licence with LDC for those who would benefit after passing Part 2 and completing 40 hours of Part 3 training
- Subsidised driving instructor training costs mean we charge up to £1,000 less compared with other companies
- Potential cash back and savings worth up to £1,500 when you join us reduces the cost of the course from £2,345 to £845
- Virtually twice the driving instructor training for half the cost of many other organisations - over 200 hours, with 80 hours in-car 2-to-1 or pro-rata, plus up to a further 21 hours 1-to-1 free in-car training, if needed, and additional re-try training should you fail 3 attempts
- Guaranteed position with LDC, a genuine driving school with a proven track record of success
- Unparalleled pass rates - 99.5%, 99.3% and 84.6%
Payment methods
LDC also understands that many people can be put off by the initial investment required and, therefore, offer each driving instructor training student a variety of payment options to help with the financial commitment involved. Our pay-as-you-learn option of £495 followed by 10 equal monthly payments is particularly popular. You can even defer payments until after you have potentially qualified (subject to status). When you combine these payment options with the fact that the course is designed to be carried out on a part-time basis around any full or part-time commitments (thus allowing students to maintain an income whilst training); becoming a driving instructor is virtually within anyone’s reach.