Train to be a National Standard/Bikeability instructor
Love cycling?
Love people?
We’d love to train you to be a National Standard Instructor!!
The Department for Transport says that “Devon County Council is a provider of high quality cycling instructor training” and officially recognises us as an Instructor Training Organisation (ITO) - one of only 17 in the country. We have been a recognised provider of high quality Bikeability instructors since 2008. The instructors have taught thousands of children, across England, to ride safely and inspire them to cycle more.
The next course is 18th to 21st June 2012 in Exeter, Devon
Click here to download the application form. Please print, complete and post with your remittance.
Course content
Achieving full accrediitation is in two stages:
1. The first stage is a course of 4 consecutive days, costs £399, and covers all aspects of cycle training including:
* Bike and helmet check and fitting
* Risk assessments
* Child protection awareness training
* The 3 levels of National Standard Cycle Training
* Being an effective instructor
* Giving feedback to trainees
* Being an assertive cyclist
2. Post course assessment, to be undertaken within six months. This is not included in the costs and chargeable separately. The cost depends on various factors e.g. how far the assessor has to travel
Assessment
All participants will be assessed on their own cycling ability during the course and assessment, in all areas, is carried out on a continuous basis.
All successful participants of the initial 4-day course would receive National Standard Instructor Provisional (NSIP) status.
To achieve full National Standard Instructor Qualified (NSIQ) staus participants need to successfully complete a Post Course Assessment.This is a National Standard Instructor Trainer observing a participant delivering an on-road cycle training session to children.
For more information on Bikeability and working as an instructor click here
Pre-course requirements
All participants must be very competent cyclists and able to cycle in a range of traffic conditions, including heavily trafficked and busy roads. They would preferably have experience of working with groups of adults or children. You will need to read "Cyclecraft" by John Franklin before the course.It is available via internet book stores.
Included in the costs
Expert tuition
Course manual and refreshments.
What you will need to bring
A bicycle and helmet for the duration of the course.
"Cyclecraft" book
Lunch
Devon County Council Volunteer Instructor courses and NON National Standard training
Over the years the demand for non-Bikeability instructor courses and training has significantly reduced and Devon County Council are no longer running the free one day cycle instructor courses and from 1st April 2012 will not be supporting the older system of cycle training.
These courses, which were branded as "Devon Bikeability" were of an extremely high standard and based on Bikeability outcomes and we thank all instructors who have volunteered to work in Devon. .
Since 2006, the National Standard for Cycle Training (Bikeability) has been the high standard set by the Government and over 15,000 children in Devon have received Bikeability training and official Bikeability certificates and badges. This has often been delivered by local people who have successfully passed a nationally recognised four day Bikeability instructor course and a follow up Post Course Assessment.
Devon has been a Bikeability instructor centre since 2008 and has now been re-accredited as one of only 18 Instructor Training Organisations in the country, recognised by the Department for Transport, and we have trained over 100 people to be Bikeability instructors.
Additionally, each year Devon has successfully bid and been awarded funds from the Government to deliver Bikeability Level 2 training to Devon children and only accredited Bikeability instructors can deliver Bikeability training. In the 2011/12 financial year we have secured funding of £240,000 to train up to 6,000 Devon children.
For more information on Bikeability please click here
We encourage you to support the delivery of Bikeability in Devon and to achieve our vision which is all Devon children leave primary schools with Bikeability Level 2 training.
If you are school that wishes to book Bikeability cycle training please click here