Council Approved Taxi Courses (Stevenage Borough Council)

Price

£55.00 – £150.00

Location

Online or in person

Start Date

Various

Duration

Various

Price

£55.00 – £150.00

Location

Online or in person

Start Date

Various

Duration

Various

Overview

Taxi Driver courses for Stevenage Borough Council.

  • Initial Online Course for Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Drivers (tutor led) – For new applicants
  • Disability Awareness & Safeguarding E-learning course – For existing licensed drivers

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 Online Course for Hackney Carriage & Private Hire drivers, including 1st attempt at The Licensed Driver Test – for new applicants £150
  • The Licensed Driver Test – retest £35
  • Disability Awareness & Safeguarding E-learning course – For existing licensed drivers £55

What does the Course involve?

The Initial Course for Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Drivers (tutor led) for new applicants 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

The Disability Awareness & Safeguarding E-learning course for existing licensed drivers will cover:

  • Current legislation, rules, and regulations for both Disability Awareness & Safeguarding
  • Understanding Safeguarding
  • Indicators of abuse & neglect
  • Reporting concerns
  • Disability & equality awareness
  • The Equality Act 2010
  • Dementia awareness
 
    What you will need for the course

    • Your driving licence.
    • If you have the old style (non-photocard) licence, then you must also have a valid passport.
    • Your booking confirmation email.

     

    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 Licensed Driver Test (Initial Online Course)

    You will have 90 minutes available to you to answer 50 questions.

    To pass the test, you will need to score a minimum total of 40 out of 50 correct answers.

    E-learning course assessments

    You will have separate assessments for the Safeguarding & Disability Awareness modules.

     

    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 tutor led course or Licensed Driver test

    You can easily amend or cancel your tutor let course or Licensed Driver test once it has been booked. Please call us on 0330 111 7230 or email info@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.


    For information about cancelling your E-learning course, please read the terms & conditions of the course.