RoSPA Modular Diploma in Advanced Driving Instruction
Discussion
Just had an email from RoSPA offering this course. For the mere price of £925+VAT or more I can do this course which allows you to go on the DSA Fleet Register, Instruct individuals or in companies and use their logo.
It seems a lot of money but I don't know what the DSA Fleet register is, what advantages are gaines by being on it or if there are cheaper but equally valid ways of getting on it.
Thoughts please?
It seems a lot of money but I don't know what the DSA Fleet register is, what advantages are gaines by being on it or if there are cheaper but equally valid ways of getting on it.
Thoughts please?
Frix said:
Not an ADI.... Is being on the register lucrative enough to justify an outlay of £1000+ and a registration fee (and in my case an ADI registration).
No, it's not.First, there is the time and cost of qualifying as an ADI: unless you have unusual aptitude, think about a year and £3000. After you have done that, you will, I think, have to be an ADI for a year before you can apply for entry to the Fleet Register.
Orillion said:
Frix said:
Not an ADI.... Is being on the register lucrative enough to justify an outlay of £1000+ and a registration fee (and in my case an ADI registration).
No, it's not.First, there is the time and cost of qualifying as an ADI: unless you have unusual aptitude, think about a year and £3000. After you have done that, you will, I think, have to be an ADI for a year before you can apply for entry to the Fleet Register.
Another thing to consider; every Tom, Dick & "Earn £30k a year, no experience needed" outfit is now offering a DSA accredited course to become fleet registered. Having forked out the original £3K+ and then (amongst those who manage to scrape through the DSA exams) finding that life isn't as rosy as the sales patter made out; these companies then offer a great solution. Give us another £K and you can work in 'fleet'. Only thing is, there are a lot of ADIs whose only use for the fleet badge is to decorate their windscreen.
7mike said:
I agree with most of that but if the one year thing is true I must have slipped through the net
I think you might be right. I've just dredged through the DSA site and I can't find it mentioned. It was in the back of my mind that there was a required period as an ADI before Fleet was possible.Orillion said:
I think you might be right. I've just dredged through the DSA site and I can't find it mentioned. It was in the back of my mind that there was a required period as an ADI before Fleet was possible.
I got booked on the next available dip course after passing Pt3, so got the second badge within weeks of the first. Deserate to get rid of the Corsa I see there's now a quicker and cheaper route to achieving the coveted RoSPA Dip. For those with a suitable IAM/RoSPA pass, combined with 12+ months experience as an Observer/Tutor, there's a new 2-day option to progress to Diploma standard. Thoughts?
Is this a valuable way to encourage Observers and Tutors to improve their skills (more cheaply than the full-blown 5-day course)? Or is it dumbing down the RoSPA Diploma, until now considered by many as a 'gold standard'?
Is this a valuable way to encourage Observers and Tutors to improve their skills (more cheaply than the full-blown 5-day course)? Or is it dumbing down the RoSPA Diploma, until now considered by many as a 'gold standard'?
Edited by SVS on Wednesday 6th February 21:11
The Diploma is a recognised qualification outside RoSPA. For those wanting to improve their skills while staying within RoSPA (i.e. not wanting to use it for commercial purposes) the Advanced Tutor qualification is the same standard as Diploma, with the exception of the presentation skills element of it. So RoSPA say, anyway 
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