Driver Training
(MiDAS) Training -
Minibus Awareness Training Scheme
Does your group use a minibus for outings? Is your driver suitably qualified?
We provide Minibus Awareness Training Scheme (MiDAS) training – a nationally recognized standard for assessing and training minibus drivers.
Our trainers are qualified, professional and friendly. Year after year we train teachers, youth group leaders, care home workers, students and many more to enhance their driving standards and promote the safe operation of minibuses.
Our competitively priced course is tailored to meet specific needs and as we are a social enterprise, profit generated goes straight back into the communities we serve.
MiDAS Course Outline
The MiDAS Driving Assessment
Topics include:
- Course introduction and module outline
- Introduction to MiDAS
- The role of the Driver Assessor/Trainer (DAT)
- Planning assessment routes
- Pre-assessment procedures
- Undertaking a MiDAS driving assessment
- Assessments skills (on-road practical session)
- Monitoring driving standards
- Conclusion
Theory Training for Standard Drivers
Topics include:
- Introduction and module outline
- Techniques for driving skills training
- Identification and correction of driving faults
- Reversing and manoeuvering
- Defensive driving
- Legal requirements for minibus drivers
- Health and safety
- Passenger safety
- Child passenger safety
- Personal safety
- Breakdown, accident and emergency procedures
- Conclusion
Theory and Practical Training for Accessible Drivers
Topics include:
- Introduction and
module outline - Professional etiquette and passenger awareness
- Assisting a passenger with hearing loss
- Assisting a passenger with a visual impairment
- Passengers with walking difficulties
- Assisting wheelchair users
- Using passenger lifts and ramps
- Wheelchair tie-down systems
- Passenger restraint systems for wheelchair users
Practical assessments:
- Passenger lifts
- Wheelchair Tie-down and Occupant Restraint Systems (WTORS)
- Additional legislation and codes of practice
- Conclusion
Course length
The driving assessment (module 1) normally takes place on a different day to the classroom session (modules 2 and 3). Please allow approximately 45 minutes for the driving assessment.
You will require a day to complete modules 2 and 3 which are usually held between 9.00am and 3.00pm.
Pricing
£120 per person
Training Course Enquiries
To book any of our training courses or if you have any further question please contact us at:
North Area Transport Association (NATA)
59 Charles Street, Royston
Glasgow G21 2PR
Tel: 0141 548 1565
Email: info@natatransport.co.uk