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Become an Ordit Trainer

What is ORDIT?

  • ORDIT is the Official Register of Driving Instructor Training. It is administered by DVSA. DVSA is trying to raise the standards of driving instructor training and will only approve training from ORDIT trainers and organisations.

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  • ORDIT aims to regulate and evidence standards of training providers to ensure that training is of the highest of standards to prevent those that are not ORDIT from providing substandard ADI training to the public wishing to gain entry on to the ADI register.

 

  • The DVSA manage the official ORDIT register of approved trainers and holds the authority to remove trainers if the company fails to comply with DVSA standards.

Why should you choose to train with an
ORDIT-registered trainer?

To become ORDIT-registered, a trainer must:

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  • Sign to agree to be bound by the ORDIT Code of Practice covering the advertising and selling of instructor training services and customer care

  • Have their training delivery assessed on a regular basis by DVSA and reach an extremely high standard

  • Submit training logs and records for inspection

  • Pay for this service (which is a voluntary scheme, at present)

  • DVSA only recommend and promote trainers on the ORDIT register

  • You MUST have achieved a grade A on your last Standards Check before you can apply.

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The benefits of becoming part of the ORDIT scheme, is that it gives PDI trainees a piece of mind and reassurance that you have met the required standard to be entered on to the ORDIT register.

Why should you choose to train with us?

  • We have been ‘assessing’ the competence of ADI’s and delivering training to ADIs for 30 years. (Gosh are we I that old)?

 

  • In our DVSA careers, We have carried out hundreds of ORDIT inspections, as such we have a detailed knowledge and understanding of the standard required to PASS.

 

  • More than 95% of potential instructors (PDIs) and ADI’s carrying out their Standard Checks who have trained with me have qualified.

 

  • We have been putting our skills and experience into training qualified ADIs to become ADI Trainers. Most are now training PDIs for the ADI qualifying exam and many of them have NOW passed their ORDIT Inspection.

1-2-1 Training

In early 2025  DVSA will be increasing the number of assessments for existing members and new applications to join the official register of driving instructor trainers (ORDIT).

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We limited ORDIT assessments after the pandemic to focus examiner resource on delivering ADI part 2 and 3 Tests. We will be restarting them with increased capacity from early 2023.

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ORDIT trainers whose registration has lapsed will now need to apply for reassessment. ADIs who were applying when assessments were limited in 2020 will soon be offered an assessment.

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DVSA is committed to continually raising professional standards and ensuring learner drivers (and instructors) have access to the highest quality tuition possible. As a result, the ORDIT assessment process will be changing.

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Changes to ORDIT assessments

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Both new applicants and those reregistering will still need to achieve a Grade A on their most recent ADI standards check. In addition, DVSA will also review information available about their work as an ADI, for example, how their pupils and trainees perform when taking tests.

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We will also be introducing a compulsory pre-assessment engagement call, like the one you receive ahead of a standards check. It will cover areas like test information, continual professional development (CPD) and training records.

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In the practical assessment ORDIT applicants will no longer have the choice to offer feedback or advice from the back of the car. Instead, they will need to ‘role play’ being a pupil and simulate faults for their trainee to correct.

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We will be contacting the ADIs who were applying when assessments were limited in 2020 about restarting their application.

Restarting ORDIT - changes to the assessment process

 LATEST NEWS FROM DVSA ABOUT THE NEW ORDIT TEST 

My Top 10 Ordit Training Modules:

  1. The main THREE CORE COMPETENCES that help form the basis for good instruction.

  2. Client Centred Learning (CCL) & Instructional Techniques

  3. Role Play & Realistic / Reliable Fault Simulation to the correct level

  4. Deliver a meaningful training session in line with the requirements in Role 6 of the National standard for driver and rider training.

  5. Develop a thorough knowledge and understanding of all the 17 competencies on the DVSA ADI assessment form

  6. The Model for Goal-setting / Reflection & Recap

  7. How to provide an effective learning experience for your PDI/ADI

  8. Managing Risk - The difference between driving, serious and dangerous faults on the practical driving test. This will also include Test Procedures and the Examiner’s official wordings

  9. The higher levels of the Goals for Driver Education (GDE) matrix

  10. How to complete your ‘training records’ and evidences the PDI’s learning journey and their compliance with the NDRTS. This must be assessed and be satisfactory for the ORDIT inspection as a whole to be deemed as satisfactory.

 

In other words, you can fail the inspection if your training records to do meet the required standard.

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