ADI Part 3 Advice

ADI part 3 advice from Dash. Part 3 is easier than many trainees believe. We'll give you a different way of looking at Part 3

Part 3 Advice

As we've already indicated, this test is not as difficult as many trainees assume, and there is no reason not to expect to pass part 3 at your first attempt

Traditionally, trainees have been asked to deliver PST after PST, with no training in the skills of instruction and no idea of how to deliver a great driving lesson. The trainer then quite often produces a written report which indicates how poorly the trainee has performed . . .

No wonder so many people struggle with part 3! Failure based training such as this is usually very unsuccessful, and those that do manage to pass quite often have no idea how they managed to do it!

The simple truth about Part 3 is that the examiner is assessing your ability to instruct, not your ability to follow a routine by rote, hoping to 'scrape through'

The SE ADI is looking at your interaction with the ‘pupil’... your communication, your instructional techniques, your attitude towards the ‘pupil’, your part in the learning process, your fault finding ability and many other skill areas

Learning the pre set tests ‘off by heart’ is almost entirely pointless. I will go further and say that if your training is based on pre set tests and very little else, then you stand little chance of developing the skills you need to see you through this test

Why?

Because the pre set tests are almost insignificant. The pre set tests are absolutely nothing more than the means by which the SE ADI can assess your instructional performance.

Think about this . . . an ADI Part 3 test based on the Turn in the Road lesson during the morning could be a totally and completely different experience to a test taken the same day in the afternoon, at the same test centre, with the same examiner using the same PST

This is because the examiner can role play many different characters, and can simulate an amazing array of errors. Even the prevailing traffic conditions can play a part. No two tests are ever exactly the same

For these reasons, trying to learn the PST's like a script is almost always doomed to failure. The pass rates for ADI training are not high, and this method of training is certainly one of the main causes

Ask yourself this... when a learner driver takes a driving test the examiner can take them around any one of many test routes. Whichever test route the examiner chooses is completely irrelevant. There is no high mark to be gained for driving a particular route very well. Wherever the learner drives the examiner is marking them on the same skill areas such as control, road safety, reversing, junctions, ms-psl etc. etc

So, why should the ADI PST’s be any different?

Try to think of the pre set tests as being absolutely nothing but a ‘test route’ for an ADI instructional test

Whichever ‘route’ (PST) the examiner gives you, you will be marked on the same skill areas such as lesson delivery, planning, control of the lesson, communication, the core competencies etc. etc. This test is just like a normal, everyday driving lesson. All you need to do is show that you have the skills to plan, control and deliver a good, effective lesson and that learning takes place. If you can develop these skills and use them on your test you have a very good chance of success

This test is what being a driving instructor is all about

You have proved that you know the theory and can drive to the high standard required at part 2. Now you have to show that you have the skills to instruct and pass your knowledge on to someone else. Even with effective training being an ADI is certainly not for everyone.

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