Driving unit standards 341/24

FOI Reference: 341/24

Request:

1) What would you like to know? What curriculum/qualification does your driving unit provide/adhere to for standard response driving courses?

2) What would you like to know? Does Dyfed Powys Police provide driver training for external agencies (including other police forces)?

If so, is there standard costs and are the courses only available to selected employees of certain agencies?

Response:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:

1) All driving instructors in DPP go through a rigorous instructor course, where they must achieve all performance criteria set by the College of Policing.  All DPP instructors have to be an advanced driver, complete the training essentials program (TEP), a level 3 assessor qualification, before commencing the 6-week instructor course.

Once they complete the instructor course and the mentoring process, they are qualified to train response courses (3-week standard response).  Before an instructor can move on to other courses, such as Advanced Car, they have to have completed a minimum of 6 standard response courses and be signed off as competent by the Chief Driving Instructor.

The instructor will then go through a mentoring process for any additional courses, for example Advanced Car or Standard Motorcycle. The mentoring process consists of observing a full course and then taking a full course whilst being observed by a qualified Driver Trainer.

2) DPP provides driver training courses to external forces such as the Metropolitan Police Force, which the external forces pay for.

DPP and West Wales Fire Service also offer each other training courses such as D1 and refresher days, but they do not charge each other.

                                                                                                           

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 02/04/24)