Frequency of ERS standards checks

DVSA Enhanced Rider Scheme (Q&A for ERS Instructors)
Asked by: Anne Hodgkins, Inner Circle Training
Answered by Chris Parr, Assistant Chief Driving Examiner (DVSA)

Question: Jez Tromans (VideoBiker) asking question on behalf of Anne Hodgkins from Inner Circle Training (Stockport) – “How soon after gaining the Enhanced Rider Scheme teaching qualification will the DVSA standards check be done? And can the instructor teach ERS before the standards check has been carried out?”

Answer: Hi Anne. Thanks for the question. If you are a DAS instructor who is delivering Enhanced Rider Scheme training, then your standards check will be undertaken depending on where you are on our priority list. So we list people by the length of time since a DVSA Enforcement Examiner has been out to visit you. As for when you can teach ERS – as soon as you are qualified, as soon as you have your ERS badge (you must be in receipt of your badge), then you can deliver training. If you are a non-DAS instructor and you’ve registered independently through one of the prior accredited courses, you will go straight on to the check-test priority list and we will get out to see you, hopefully within the first three or four months of registering to deliver ERS training.