Certified Motorcycle Instructor
- Regulators
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- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
- Nations
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- England
- Wales
- Scotland
- Sectors
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- Transport
Regulatory or professional bodies
Primary regulator
- Regulatory authority
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
- Address
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1 Unity Square
Nottingham
NG2 1AW - Email address
- policy@dvsa.gov.uk
- Website
- https://www.dvsa.gov.uk
- Phone number
- +44 (0)115 8523300
Regulation
Regulation summary
There are two types of Motorcycle Instructors in Great Britain:
1. A DVSA assessed compulsory basic training (CBT) motorcycle instructor.
(CBT is a training course that most learner motorcycle and moped riders must take before riding on the road).
2. A direct access scheme (DAS) certified instructor.
Regulation type
Reserved activities
Deliver CBT
Deliver Direct Access Training
Protected titles
CBT Instructor
DAS Instructor
- More about regulated activities and titles
- https://www.gov.uk/topic/driving-motorcyle-instructors/motorycle-instructors
Qualifications and experience
New professionals
- Routes to qualification
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To become a DVSA assessed CBT motorcycle instructor you must have a driving licence from either:
- Great Britain or Northern Ireland
- the EU or EEA - but you must register it first
- be 21 or older
- have had a full category A2 or A motorcycle licence for at least 3 yearsYou’ll have to take a 2-day assessment at a DVSA training and development centre. When you pass you must work for a motorcycle approved training body (ATB) to be able to:
- provide the CBT course to learner riders
- train up to 10 instructors at the ATB to also deliver CBT courses (this is
known as ‘down-training’)To become a DAS certified instructor you must have a driving licence from either:
- Great Britain or Northern Ireland
- the EU or EEA - but you must register it first
- be 21 or over
- have had a full category A2 or A motorcycle licence for at least 3 years
- have passed the 2-day assessment to become a DVSA assessed
compulsory basic training (CBT) instructorYou’ll have to take a 2-day assessment at a DVSA training and development centre. When you pass you’ll be able to give DAS training.
- More about qualification
- https://www.gov.uk/topic/driving-motorcyle-instructors/motorycle-instructors
Professionals from outside the UK
- Recognition for professionals outside the UK
- Some - qualifications from some countries may be recognised, but professionals from other countries will have to re-qualify
- Summary of routes
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We currently recognise qualifications from the EU but this is about to change
Legislation
- Title of relevant act or charter
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s97 3(e) & s97 3A of the Road Traffic Act 1988
- Website link to legislation
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/52/section/97
- Title of relevant act or charter
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The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999
- Website link to legislation
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2864/part/V