How to become a driving instructor in a driving school or a private trader?

After the possibility of preparing for exams in the traffic police externally was canceled, the demand for private instructors decreased markedly. However, good private instructors can always find work, for example to provide additional driving practice classes in the city or to teach newbies the basics of driving.

In addition, in the conditions of the financial crisis, when companies and government institutions are forced to lay off or send their employees on long holidays without pay, everyone is trying to find sources of additional income. Therefore, almost anyone can become a driving instructor, and for this you need to meet the following requirements:

• driving license issued at least three years ago;
• driving experience;
• over the past three years, your rights have not been withdrawn for violating traffic rules;
• you must be over 21 years of age and have completed secondary education.

What does it take to become an instructor?

As a rule, novice instructors choose one of two options:

• get a job as an instructor in a driving school;
• start your own practice.

In both the first and second cases, you will need to obtain a certificate of the right to learn to drive a car. You must have a license of the appropriate category and at least three years of driving experience. You can get a certificate after passing a course of lectures at a driving school.

These courses are paid, their cost is about 4-5 thousand, plus you will need to pay 20 liters of gasoline.

A very important issue is the car. If you do not have your own car, then most likely the driving school will conclude an agreement with you, and the car will be issued on a rental basis. That is, you will have to give part of the earnings to the administration. It is clear that under such working conditions you will be interested in teaching as many students as possible.

If you have your own car, then it needs to be converted:

• install duplicate pedals;
• install identification marks "U" on the windshield or in the form of a pyramid on the roof.

A set of pedals costs 9-10 thousand rubles, and installation costs 4-5 thousand. Add here a package of documents to the traffic police, a technical examination and a notarized duplicate of the certificate for the pedals - this will come out another 7 and a half thousand rubles. And two thousand for the installation of the sign "Student at the wheel."

Roughly speaking, the re-equipment of the car will cost 25 thousand.

But after passing the courses, passing the exam and re-equipping your car, you will receive all the documents to work legally in this driving school.

If you want to become a private instructor and not depend on any driving school, then you will still have to register as an entrepreneur with the tax office.

important points

During classes with beginners, the entire responsibility lies with the instructor. Damage is rarely avoided. Damage is usually minor, because novice drivers are not allowed to drive at a speed of more than 40 km / h. Very often, other more experienced drivers are to blame, who are trying in every possible way to cut the training car, overtake, cut, thereby demonstrating their superiority.

Therefore, it is desirable that your car be insured under both OSAGO and CASCO. But the problem is that training car insurance will cost more, and besides, not all insurance companies offer such insurance.

The second important point is illegal instructors.

In some small town, this will not be a problem, because all drivers know where the traffic police usually stand, and therefore go around the posts on the third road. However, if the inspector finds that a novice without a license is driving your car, and the car is not properly equipped, the consequences will be very dire:

• Code of Administrative Offenses 12.7 part 3 - 30 thousand fine, (the instructor pays);
• Code of Conduct 12.7 hours 1 - 5-15 thousand, removal from the control, penalty area (punishment for the student).

Well, besides this, tax authorities may be interested in such an illegal instructor, and then the amount of the fine can reach 300 thousand.

We should also not forget that the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation has an article on tax evasion (100-300 thousand fines, arrest up to 6 months, or imprisonment for one year).

That is, the punishments are quite severe, both for the student and for the teacher. Accordingly, the only advantage of such illegal training for the student may be a lower cost, but again, the student takes a conscious risk, and the instructor even more so.

If you are legally engaged in briefing, then you need to carry with you in the car all the necessary documents for the car, for the second set of pedals, as well as your IP certificate, since traffic police inspectors may require it to make sure that you are legally engaged in this activity.

We should not forget that the driving instructor certificate is issued for a fixed period of 5 years. Upon completion, you will need to re-certify again.

Well, the best contingent of students for a private instructor is women aged 18 to 60 years, since it is women who stubbornly master the car in our time. Therefore, place your ads on women's sites, in Vkontakte women's groups, and so on - you are guaranteed an influx of customers.

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