Level 8 · The professional diploma
Level 8 Diploma
This is the course you take to teach other driving instructors. You need to be an approved driving instructor already. Its full name is the Diploma for Teaching the Introduction to Driving Education Award.
SCQF Level 817 credit pointsCredit-rated April 2025DVSA-aligned13 units
Pay in full or in 3, 6 or 12 monthly payments. No VAT is added.
How the diploma runs
The Level 8 diploma (DTIDEA) is for approved driving instructors who are ready to train other people. It is the course behind the IDEA partner network. Like Level 5, it has 13 units. You get six months for each unit, and two years for the whole diploma. You study online and teach in the car.
The full diploma is £1,999, with instalment plans over 3, 6 or 12 months. See pricing and enrol online.
The 13 units
- Training Advanced Skills of Driving
- Training Advanced Theories and Practices of Driving
- Delivering Effective Goal Setting and Lesson Planning
- Delivering Training for Effective Route Planning and Fault-Finding
- Delivering Advanced Teaching Strategies
- Delivering Effective Development of People Skills
- Deliver Knowledge of Industry Reports and Resources
- Enhanced Development of Goals for Driver Education (GDE) and its Implications for Road Safety
- Basics of Safeguarding
- Effective Assessment Performance and Experienced Record-Keeping and Quality Assurance
- Effective Strategies for Teaching Driving
- Enhanced and Effective Level of Continuing Professional Development
- Effective Business Building