NSC Defensive Driving Instructor Development

Course details

This program trains the candidate instructors to deliver DDC course through instructor development course. This course will provide both technical Information you will need to teach specific DDC curriculum as well as effective facilitation methods and presentation techniques that will make the course much easier to understand. You’ll learn how to determine the needs of your audience / new employees. This course covers the principles and concepts on reducing the frequency and severity of motor vehicle accidents. The intent is also to reduce the organization liability and insurance cost by educating the drivers on the Defensive Driving.

Course Objective:

The course is designed to be delivered by theoretical tuition, discussion and practical scenarios to impart knowledge and understanding of the nature of the traffic safety problem, to instill in each driver a sense of "Recognition of behaviors that affect driver performance and make conscious a sense of responsibility for its solution.

Target Audience:

This course is intended for industrial, construction and commercial drivers using public road or company primes.

Course Outline:

Day-1

Content

• Rule and Principle of Defensive Driving
• Identify risky driving attitudes and behaviors
• The difference between good driving and defensive driving
• What it means to be a defensive driver
• Preventable collisions
• Three basic steps in collision avoidance (Collision Prevention Formula) Recognizing driving hazards
• Identify driver conditions that result in collisions and violations

Day-2

Content

• The effects of drugs on driving ability
• Why drivers choose safe and unsafe behaviors
• The effects of impaired physical and mental conditions on driving safety Techniques used to maintain control in adverse driving conditions
• Defensive driving strategies to avoid a collision in any given driving situation
• Six most common driving errors
• Reasons drivers choose to speed
• Alternatives to speeding

Day-3

Content

• How to approach and safely proceed through all intersections Identify hazards involved in passing
• How to evaluate a potential passing situation
• Emergency driving control
• Three steps needed to complete a safe pass
• Recognize uncontrollable driving conditions
• Identify hazards associated with those conditions in time to avoid them Practical driving evaluation
• Post-Test Student Assessment.
• PRACTICAL EXAM