You’ve been training to become an ADI (Approved Driving Instructor) and you’ve passed your Part 1, passed your Part 2 and done the training required for your Part 3. Now, with test day approaching and only one step remaining to receiving your green badge, it’s best to be prepared by knowing exactly what to take with you. Read on as we break down what you need and why:
A Pupil
It will be hard to test your instructional ability without a pupil to instruct. Having a pupil is absolutely vital to your Part 3 test. However, you may not be aware but your pupil can be any of the following:
– A partially trained learner.
– A fully trained learner.
– A full licence holder.
They can not be:
– An ADI.
– Somebody training for the ADI Part 3 Test.
Something to bear in mind is that a learner with more training and more experience may need less instructing, while a learner with barely any experience will need a lot more. Additionally, it is good to have one or two back-up learners, in case the pupil you are taking to test, due to any unforeseen circumstances, is unable to make the test day.
Your Licence
Your licence is also necessary so that the examiner can verify that you are who you say you are. There has been people passing themselves off as learner drivers, to cheat the system and get the learner passed for a fee. This is illegal and extremely dangerous. While it has been reported more often for people attempting the regular driving test, it also prevents PDIs from cheating the system as well.
Training Log
This is not a requirement, like everything else on this list, and it will not impact your test result. However, you can show it to the examiner beforehand and you can even use the training log to remind yourself of the beats that you want to hit. In your last training session, did your trainer say that you over-instructed? Weren’t aware of the pupils needs? Then, you can use those notes to help keep it in mind before you attempt the test.
Yourself
A Part 3 test with the PDI not present will be pretty likely to not get a good result. So make sure that you’re not just there, but there on time. If your test is at 11am, then on time isn’t 11am. On time is 10:45 (At the latest). You want to have time to get there whilst accounting for the potential of bad traffic, get adjusted and mentally prepared. At the end of the day, if you have to wait a few minutes for your test, that just gives you more time to go over your notes, refresh your mind and prepare yourself for the test.
