Council Approved Taxi Course – 1 day course

Price
£140.00
Location

Essex & Virtual

Start Date

Various

Duration

Various

Price
£140.00
Location

Essex & Virtual

Start Date

Various

Duration

Various

Overview

Taxi Driver courses for Uttlesford District, Chelmsford City, Maldon District, & Rushcliffe Borough Councils.

Some local authorities require that you take a Taxi driver course in order to drive a Hackney Carriage or Private Hire vehicle. To find out if your local authority requires you to attend a course please contact them directly. You should also check that we already work with your local authority to carry out a course on their behalf.

Our Fees

  • Initial Course for Hackney Carriage & Private Hire drivers, including 1st attempt at The Licensed Driver Test (full day) £140
  • Refresher Online Course for Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Drivers (half day) £70
  • Initial Online Course for Home to School drivers Online Course (half day) £124
  • The Licensed Driver Test – retest £21.50
  • The Geographical Knowledge Test (Uttlesford & Chelmsford councils) £21.50

What does the Course involve?

The course will cover:
  • Current legislation, rules, and regulations applicable to drivers.
  • Expectations for customer service.
  • Increasing drivers own awareness and how to ensure their own safety.
  • How to report a crime and advising drivers how to deal with customer complaints.
  • Relevant sections of Highway code.
  • Disability and equality awareness.
  • Safeguarding responsibilities.
  • Payment and basic arithmetic (Initial Course for Hackney Carriage & PHV drivers only.
Once you have booked a course, you will be sent a link to the digital copy of the course handbook. We advise that you read the handbook prior to attending the course.
What to bring to the course
  • Your driving licence.
  • If you have the old style (non-photocard) licence, then you must also bring a valid passport.
  • Your booking confirmation email.
  • If you are an existing driver going through the renewal process with your local authority, please bring your existing taxi driver badge with you to the course, as well as your driving licence.
Tests that will need to be passed for each council
  • Chelmsford City Council (New & renewing driver): The Licensed Driver test & Geographical Knowledge Tests.
  • Maldon District Council: New & renewing drivers: The Licensed Driver test
  • Uttlesford District council:

Private hire drivers: The Licensed Driver test.

Hackney Carriage & Dual Licences: The Licensed Driver test & Geographical Knowledge Tests.

Certification

Upon a successful attempt at The Licensed Driver Test (you will take The Licensed Driver Test at the end of the course), you will receive your pass certificate by email, within 24 hours.

If you do not pass The Licensed Driver Test, you will be notified by email. You will then be contacted by us to arrange booking a retest.

For the Initial Online Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Driver Course, you must be available to attend for the Licensed Driver test within 2 working days from the date of the course.

The Home to School Drivers Course and Refresher Online Course for Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Drivers, do not require a test, a certificate of attendance will be issued upon full attendance of the course.

The Geographical Knowledge Test (Uttlesford & Chelmsford)

Your chosen council may require you to take a Geographical Knowledge Test (compulsory for all Chelmsford CC applicants). Prior preparation by you will be required for this test. The test will comprise of questions relating to the geographical area of your chosen council, based on Places of Interest, Routes or Local Knowledge of the Local Authority area.

You will have 35 minutes available to you to answer 12 multiple choice questions.

To pass the test, you will need to score a minimum total of 9 correct answers.

If you pass both The Geographical Test and The Licensed Driver Test on the same day, you will receive a combined pass certificate by email, within 24 hours. If you pass The Geographical Test on a different day to The Licensed Driver Test, you will receive a separate pass certificate for this.

If you do not pass The Geographical Knowledge Test, you will be notified by email. You will then need book and pay for a retest. Please note: all Geographical Knowledge Tests must be paid for and are not included in the course fee.

Other Information

Additional support requirements

As part of our Equal Opportunities Policy, we are committed to ensuring that there is no discrimination in the provision of our services. A reasonable adjustment can be given to someone who has a disability, medical condition or learning need that may affect them during the course, test or assessment. However, due to the nature of some of our services, a candidate must have the literacy skills to be able to read and understand any course, test or assessment material and any additional resources related to it.

Amending or cancelling your assessment or test

You can easily amend or cancel your course or test once it has been booked. Please call us on 0330 111 7230 or email taxi@greenpenny.co.uk to do this. Please ensure you give enough notice to amend or cancel – you must give at least 4 clear working days notice so that you don’t lose your fee (working days = Monday to Friday, not including bank holidays. 4 clear working days, does not include the day you inform us you would like to cancel or the date of the course or test).

If you have already attended the full course, or part of the course, then no cancellation or change of date is possible and no refund will be due. If you fail to attend a course or test on the date you have booked, or you arrive late, no refund or date change will be available.