Training conductors and instructors
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• Two further sets of Training Recommendations are being issued by the Road Transport Industry Training Board this month. They, are for p.s.v. conductors and for driving school instructors and copies are being distributed to companies whose main business activity is either bus operation or driving school and who are Board registered.
The recommendations for the training of p.s.v, conductors follow similar lines to those already issued for the training of p.s.v. drivers and form the basis on which future training grant claims will be considered. Formal training will be given by an instructor who is, or has been, an experienced conductor, able to impart his knowledge with confidence. It is desirable, therefore, that the instructor should have completed an instructor's course offered or approved by the Board.
Guidance is given on selection, programme coverage and training validation, with a job description and standards of proficiency to be expected immediately after training and when fully experienced, The recommendations comprise additional chapters to be inserted in the Training Manual—Public Service Vehicle Operatives {due to be published shortly) and specimen syllabus, lesson plans, instructors' notes and a programme.
The recommendations for driving school instructors have been produced as a result of joint consultation with the driving school sector of the road transport industry. They relate to driving instructors for private cars and light commercial vehicles and are based on a ratio of two trainee instructors per one staff instructor.