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#1 Thursday 24th September 2009 00:18:26
- destiny hope
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Another question......Advertising
Hi. Sorry another question. Am a little confused I am working with a driving school in my area and have a roof sign with their name and number but wanted to put some flyers up in my name saying i was a pdi giving lessons. However I had read that I would not be able to do this. I rang the DSA today and was told by a guy, who had to ask his supervisor, that I could. I am now confused. Does any one know whos right? Thanks Des :angel:
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Re: Another question......Advertising
#2 Thursday 24th September 2009 06:59:19
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Re: Another question......Advertising
I believe that you must not advertise yourself as a fully qualified ADI
I am a former Police Driving Instructor and Ex DSA ADI examiner. My qualifications include: BTEC Level 4 Police Driving Skills, BTEC Level 3 in Teaching Advanced driving, NVQ A1 Assessors awrard, DIAmond advanced test, RoSPA gold, Cardington A. I am a grade 6 DSA Instructor, fleet trained and a Class 1 Police Driver. www.janeclarkedrivinginstructortraining.co.uk
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#3 Thursday 24th September 2009 07:26:28
- collywobs
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Re: Another question......Advertising
Hi. Sorry another question. Am a little confused I am working with a driving school in my area and have a roof sign with their name and number but wanted to put some flyers up in my name saying i was a pdi giving lessons. However I had read that I would not be able to do this. I rang the DSA today and was told by a guy, who had to ask his supervisor, that I could. I am now confused. Does any one know whos right? Thanks Des :angel:
I was told that it was illegal to advertise whilst I was being sponsored by a Driving School as a PDI on a trainee licence. However, I noticed that some PDI's were advertising themselves!
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#4 Thursday 24th September 2009 08:14:21
- reddragonbus
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Re: Another question......Advertising
lol typical DSA
My school have a rule in the conditions which prevent PDI's advertising themselves.
I think the precise DSA rule is not advertise as fully qualified, so read that as you like.
To be honest you need to spend your time and energy passing part 3 rather than trying to drum up work for yourself.
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#5 Thursday 24th September 2009 08:27:38
- KevB
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Re: Another question......Advertising
The wording of the guidance on DSA website changed about 2 years ago.
The current wording is something like "Must not advertise as being fully qualified".
So, it now appears acceptable for a PDI to self advertise, so long as it is clear s/he is not qualified.
the older wording gave the impression that a PDI's contact details could appear on advertising that advertised the driving school they were working with, but not on stand alone advertising.
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