Are you a driving instructor? How much do you earn?

Congratulations

phill99 wrote: »

I have a close friend who is a DI. The lesson price is £23 / hour. (Less if you block book). You are realistcally unlikely to get more than 6 hours tuition in a day. Take out car hire/leasing/loan repayment, insurance, fuel, servicing, fees to your Driving School, days when you can't work because of the snow, holidays, etc.

Realistcally you are on minimum wage, if that.

The £30k headline is a Gross income. Your net pay will be much, muchless.

It sounds tougher than you would imagine it to be....

pogofish

Lukem4m wrote: »

Happy new year

Did you ever decide to train to become an instructor?

Did you forget the board policy on hijacking old threads that you clearly agreed to on sugnup...?

xapprenticex

Dam, i didnt look at the dates. I wouldnt have bothered respond if i knew it was from 2015

JReacher1

It’s an old thread but you can easily make £30k plus as a driving instructor. It’s hard work and long hours but I have a couple of friends who do it and both earn in excess of £30k.

xapprenticex

JReacher1 wrote: »

you can easily make £30k plus

JReacher1 wrote: »

It’s hard work and long hours

Make your mind up m8 :money:

JReacher1

xapprenticex wrote: »

Make your mind up m8 :money:

Not sure what your problem is!

If you are prepared to work hard and do long hours you can easily earn over £30k a year. Seems pretty straightforward

shortcrust

I think xapprenticex is making the point that 'hard work' and 'long hours' doesn't sound very easy. It sounds long and hard!

If you managed to get six clients a day, six days a week you'd probably end up working nearly 50 hours when you add in admin and travelling between jobs. Total income from that might be £40k, so after tax, insurance, fuel, maintenance and so on you'd be well under £30k.

Sounds rubbish. Really really rubbish.

Oh, and what's with all these old threads getting resurrected?

[Deleted User]

When my ex was training to be a driving instructor we found many courses could be pretty useless, when I asked for pass rates (the only guide as to whether they were any good) most companies didn't have a clue. The course is expensive., and I have to question whether its worth it. My ex worked for two of the main companies who he said seemed to be more interesed in signing up as many instructors as possible, making you pay high fees for a car but they only guaranteed enough lessons to cover the fees. He didn't earn a lot to live on.

I would back up the suggestions that apprenticeships in a trade are much better. More earning potential. I would certainly go that route if I was 16 (although I gather finding companies who will take on apprentices is not easy either).

xapprenticex

JReacher1 wrote: »

Not sure what your problem is!

If you are prepared to work hard and do long hours you can easily earn over £30k a year. Seems pretty straightforward

Read the below post :money:

What I said was pretty straight forward

shortcrust wrote: »

I think xapprenticex is making the point that 'hard work' and 'long hours' doesn't sound very easy. It sounds long and hard!

If you managed to get six clients a day, six days a week you'd probably end up working nearly 50 hours when you add in admin and travelling between jobs. Total income from that might be £40k, so after tax, insurance, fuel, maintenance and so on you'd be well under £30k.

Sounds rubbish. Really really rubbish.

Oh, and what's with all these old threads getting resurrected?

JReacher1

shortcrust wrote: »

I think xapprenticex is making the point that 'hard work' and 'long hours' doesn't sound very easy. It sounds long and hard!

If you managed to get six clients a day, six days a week you'd probably end up working nearly 50 hours when you add in admin and travelling between jobs. Total income from that might be £40k, so after tax, insurance, fuel, maintenance and so on you'd be well under £30k.

Sounds rubbish. Really really rubbish.

Oh, and what's with all these old threads getting resurrected?

If you do 40 hours a week at £23 an hour over 45 weeks that is £41,400 a year. The expenses you mention above can all be put against the business costs to reduce your tax bill.

In addition to be blunt it’s a cash in hand industry and not everything will go through the books and be declared to the taxman. You can earn a decent living as a driving instructor.

A good friend started out on his own and now runs five cars via a franchise arrangement. He is doing very well for himself!