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How to relicense ARDS Licensed Instructors may relicense annually for the following year from October. An application may be completed online or a form downloaded and returned to ARDS with payment. The current relicensing fee is £110. Online applications for 2012 received by will be reduced to £95. Online Instructor Licence Application 2012 ARDS Instructor Licence Application Form download All applications must be sponsored by a member school and drivers may be required to undertake appropriate approved annual refresher training and re-assessment (the instructor may be required to meet some or all of the costs of this training). ARDS will contact your sponsor school to confirm your application is approved. If an instructor wishes to submit an upgrade or change of sponsor school this must first be approved by the accepting school director. Should an instructor be unable to obtain sponsorship from a member school they may in special cases, and at ARDS absolute discretion, be able to obtain approval for their licence from ARDS directly. In this case an ARDS Instructor Licence Application From should be submitted to ARDS together with relevant supporting information. An instructor may be asked to provide a record of six instructing days worked for an ARDS member school in support of their application, download below or contact ARDS at admin@ards.co.uk for a copy. Record of Six Instructing Days download Instructors will be sent a letter from ARDS confirming their application has been accepted, their grade status and personal accident insurance details (included in the licensing fee). An instructor badge will be issued to wear on circuit. An Instructor Licence will be sent to their home address from the MSA in due course. A list of all ARDS Licensed Instructors is available online and circulated regularly to member schools. Should you need your licence status confirmed for a non-ARDS employer before you receive your licence please just email us at admin@ards.co.uk with details and we will contact them directly. Criminal Records Bureau Checks There have been important developments relating to the need for Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks. CRB checks relate to instructors working with children (under 18 years of age) or vulnerable adults. Most instructors will find themselves in this situation and the MSA and ARDS have made a CRB check a mandatory element of instructor licensing from 2012. All instructors currently conducting Junior Driver Training must be CRB checked. If you do not currently hold a CRB check and wish to take advantage of the MSA handling this for you please tick the box on your licence application form and complete a CRB form (download a form below or contact ARDS or a member school with your email or postal address to be sent a copy). This form needs to be countersigned by the registered verifier at your sponsor school and returned to the MSA. The CRB check costs £36.00 and is valid for three years. Please do NOT enclose payment at this stage, payment will be requested by your sponsor school once the check has been completed. Criminal Records Bureau Checks - form download Junior Driver Training The rules regarding carrying out the ARDS test for Junior Drivers have been changed. Only the following ARDS Schools are authorised to carry out these tests: Anglesey, Croft, Knockhill, MSV (Brands Hatch and Bedford), Silverstone, Thruxton. Each school will nominate those instructors it has trained to carry out the Junior Driver Assessment. These approved instructors will have an endorsement to that effect added to their MSA licence. The list of ARDS Licensed instructors online will also flag those instructors approved for junior driver training. | |