Level 5 · The starting award
Introduction to Driving Education Award
This is the course you take to become a driving instructor. You learn online, and in the car with an approved partner school near you. The SQA has credit-rated it.
Find your partner school
You sign up through one of IDEA's approved partner driving schools. Your partner school signs you up. You agree the in-car training with them directly.
Study the 13 units
Online learning mixed with in-car training. You get six months to finish the assignments for each unit.
Earn the award
Finish all 13 units within two years. You then get the full SQA credit-rated award at SCQF Level 5.
The 13 units
Every unit has online learning and in-car practice. You learn it the way an instructor needs to know it, not the way a driver does.
- The Fundamentals of Driving
- Theory and Practices of Driving
- Introduction to Goal Setting and Lesson Planning
- Route Planning and Driving Faults
- Introduction to Teaching Strategies
- Developing People Skills
- Driving Industry Training Reports and Resources
- Goals for Driving Education (GDE) and Its Links to Road Safety
- Basics of Safeguarding
- Foundations of Assessment Performance, Record Keeping, and Quality Assurance
- Introduction to How to Deliver a Driving Lesson
- Building the Foundations of Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
- Foundations of Building Your Business
One unit is externally accredited: Unit 9: FAA Level 1 Award in Awareness of Safeguarding (RQF) · Ofqual 603/5635/2 · Nuco Training Ltd.