Class 1 Instructor Training Course

An overview of correct operating procedures in conjunction with valuable instructional strategies (how to teach) will provide you the tools to begin your career as a professional driving instructor. Demonstrations, behind the wheel driving, practice giving instruction including feedback/assessment between instructor and student make for a course that is practical, stimulating and exciting. As a prerequisite to this course, ICBC requires you to have several years of full-time commercial driving experience.

A few of the instructional topics include:

• Conducting a needs assessment
• Pre-trip inspections
• Observation skills
• Basic and complex maneuvers (starting, steering, stopping, shifting, hills, turns, backing, etc.)
• Speed and space management
• Common mistakes students make and how to correct them
• Teaching in urban, highway & freeway environments
• Instructing students with learning challenges
• Instruction sequencing
• Selecting appropriate training areas
• Advanced skills development

Class 1 Instructor Training Course - 40 Hours  

Class 5 Instructor Training Course - 80 Hours (Required component for a Class 1 Instructor)

Total Class 1 Instructor Training Course - 120 hours.................................. $7500 

Class 1 Instructor Course Only - 40 hours(Class 5 not included)................ $4000

One-On-One Instructor Training/Assessments........................................... $150/hr

*ICBC fees are not included in our prices