Our Mission

At Driving West Motor School our mission is to help create super star driving instructors!  

We believe that becoming an amazing driving instructor is not something that just happens overnight or within a 3 week period as some driving schools provide.

The correct driving instructor training & business systems are certainly in need to help set up a sucessful driving school business as well as being able to progressing a brand new learner driver students through from start to finish to passing their driving assessment & being a more safe and confident driver for life!

Our Driving School Has Developed It's Own
Driving Instructor Training Model

Our 10 Steps To Prepare For Success Model has been used to help prepare multiple driving instructors set up & run their own driving school business as well as working for Driving West Motor School Company too!

Our Driving Instructor Training Material

Our Driving Instructor Training Has Helped
Driving Instructors For The Passed 25 Years

(Mindarie Marina 2000)

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In preparedness of obtaining your Licence for becoming a Driving Instructor, Driving West Motor School offers a professional driver instructor training regime at a reasonable cost. 

Three payment options are available either an upfront payment, weekly payments or casual one-off payments.

We will assist and guide you through the process of obtaining your licence through the Department of Transport of WA. You will be provided with the necessary skills and knowledge for you to achieve a qualification to deliver Learner Driver Training services as an accredited instructor in Western Australia. At the end of your training you will be ready to compete an Assessment with the Department of Transport WA at a test centre of your choice. This is performed in-car and on the road with an assessor from The Department of Transport is a designated location.

The training covers: Using Dual Controls, Cabin Drills, Taking Off& Stopping, Steering, U-Turns, Roundabouts, Traffic Lights, Merging, Changing Lanes, Reverse Bay Parking, Reverse Parallel Parking, Forward Parking, Country Driving, Commentary Driving, Lesson Plans, Diagrams & Student Record Sheets.

Payment Options

Currently we offer three payment options for our clients.

1

Payment Option One

You can make a saving by choosing option one with an upfront payment of $2000 payable prior to commencement of your training course.

2

Payment Option Two
If you cannot use the upfront payment option, then option two may accommodate your budget where we offer 10 equal pay ments of $250 per week total of $2,500 commencing at the start of your training course.

3

Payment Option Three

If you are not interested in doing our whole driving instructor training course We offer casual lessons at $300.  

These will be 2 hour driving instructor lessons and we will train you on how to pass the driving instructor test through the Department of Transport.

(No diagrams or sitting in live driving lessons are included in this option)

Option 1 & 2 are inclusive of the following:

Competent & Confident Instructors

Our training course will ensure that you are a Competent and Confident Instructor providing you with the necessary skills to teach your students how to be safe and confident drivers on our roads.
You will be provided with the tools and knowledge to enable you to earn an income, skills to pass your Assessment with The Department of Transport whilst brushing up on road rules and avoiding bad habits.
Our training will be catered to suit your time frame assisting you with your requirements which you must lodge with The Department of Transport. [Please note fees payable to The Department of Transport] are additional to the Training Course fees and directly payable to The Department Transport by the Instructor when lodging documents.

What Steps Must Be Taken?

STEP ONE

NATIONAL POLICE CLEARANCE
Approx.10 Working Days

STEP THREE

SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT IN PERSON
Complete DOT Form E175

STEP FIVE

ATTEND MEDICAL ASSESSMENT – DRIVING INSTRUCTORS
Approx.10 Working Days

STEP SEVEN

PAY THE LICENCING FEE

STEP TWO

PROOF OF IDENTITY
Read DOT Fact Sheet

STEP FOUR

COMPLETE THEORY ASSESSMENT [D.O.T.]

STEP SIX

COMPLETE THE PRACTICAL DRIVING ASSESSMENT

What Steps Must Be Taken?

STEP ONE

NATIONAL POLICE CLEARANCE
Approx.10 Working Days

STEP TWO

PROOF OF IDENTITY
Read DOT Fact Sheet

STEP THREE

SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT IN PERSON
Complete DOT Form E175

STEP FOUR

COMPLETE THEORY ASSESSMENT [D.O.T.]

STEP FIVE

ATTEND MEDICAL ASSESSMENT – DRIVING INSTRUCTORS
Approx.10 Working Days

STEP SIX

COMPLETE THE PRACTICAL DRIVING ASSESSMENT

STEP SEVEN

PAY THE LICENCING FEE
Once the Department receives the Medical Assessment form It will take 10 days from the date they received the form to process and Complete the application. The Department will contact you to make an appointment to sit your PDA unless you have exemption due to undertaking an RTO Nationally Approved accreditation.

AT WHAT STEP DO I COMPLETE MY PDA

As everybody are not at the same level, we can assess and discuss to see when we complete the full process of the Licence application, and we will assist throughout the whole process.

DOT Driving Instructor Fees

Fees payable to DOT as of November 2023
Fee Type
Fee
Driving Instructor’s Initial Application Fee
$101.64
Driving Instructor’s Licence Fee
$5.35
Driving Instructor’s Testing Fee
$161.80

To Start Your Driving Instructor Training
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