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George Smith
Retired Police
Officer, 23 years experience
Grade 1 Advanced Driver
Tachograph trained
ROSPA advanced
driving examiner 20 years
Member of CIPD
Cert.Ed. in Adult
and Further Education
City and Guilds
7307 in Training and Development
D32 and D33 Assessors
qualification
Health and Safety/Risk assessment trained
Manual handling
instructor
Member of FDTA
Member of AIRSO
NVQ Level 4 Training
and Development
Dec 2007 Member of Institute for Learning
George is the principal, and founder, of Minding Driving
Ltd, a company formed in 1999 after George left the
Police Force. George served in the force for 23 years,
carrying out duties that included the Traffic division,
Motorway Traffic Patrol, Air Support and Training.
George has been a Grade 1 ROSPA advanced driving examiner
for over 18 years and assessed the Flintshire County
Council Driver Improvement and Development Scheme. A
friendly and approachable training consultant, George
has a passion to make the roads of Great Britain a safer
place for all concerned. His ability to transfer his
skills and experience for the benefit of the private
and commercial sector is demonstrated by his services
which have proved really do change performance!
George has developed and delivered training for a variety
of blue-chip companies, and provided driver assessment
programmes to national organisations with large driver
fleets.
Jayne Smith
Health and safety
trained
Tele-sales and
marketing trained
Jayne has worked in tele-sales for several large blue
chip companies over the last few years. She has been
responsible for co-ordinating new processes within these
companies and has a proven track record. She is currently
studying for an Open University Degree and has been
trained to a high standard to enable her to progress
her previous career in Community Health Care.
Nigel Bowers
Police Grade 1 Advanced Motorcycle Instructor
Police Grade 1 Advanced Car Instructor
VIP escort trained
NVQ 3 Training and Development certificated in Advanced Motorcycle Training
BTEC in Motorcycle Training and Instruction (Advanced)
ROSPA examiner for both cars and motorcycles
I.A.M. Senior car and motorcycle observer
DSA accredited Post Test Motorcycle Trainer. Enhanced Rider Scheme ( ERS ) (RPMT - Trainer 800026) - Check tested June 2008 - Passed
In 1980 Nigel joined the Traffic Division of Staffordshire Police as an advanced car driver, but opportunities presented themselves and he was soon able to attain further driving and instructor qualifications. In 1984 he obtained the highest pass (Theory and practical) for my Advanced Motorcycle Course and was awarded the Tunnicliffe trophy. In 1987 he spent 12 weeks at the number 4 Regional Driving School where in October of that year completed an intensive 6 weeks Advanced Motorcycle course and qualified as a Police Grade 1 Advanced Motorcycle Instructor. Earlier in the year in March he qualified as a Police Grade 1 Advanced Car Instructor. Once qualified he spent time at the regional Driving School at Stafford applying his new skills.
During his time on traffic Nigel was lucky enough to be trained as a motorcycle escort rider for the 'Tour of Britain, cycle race and also VIP escort work. This included arranging and escorting Royalty when they visited Staffordshire.
He left traffic in 1990 after being promoted to Sergeant, and decided to join a local motorcycle training group where he reorganised the Advanced section, using his skills as an Advanced Police Motorcycle Instructor.
Since 1990 he has been directly responsible for training in excess of 400 riders, and the training provided was recognised by a number of insurance companies. In 2000 he provided a comprehensive presentation for the Prince Michael Road Safety Awards. He got to the final stages, but didn't win..
Nigel's involvement in motorcycling has given him an interest outside of the Police service and it has enabled him to develop his skills throughout the years. He sits on a number or committees and is involved in promoting Motorcycle Road Safety in Staffordshire, taking an active role in Bike Safe 2000+, the IAM, ROSPA, Bikesense Staffordshire and SMUG. (Stoke on Trent Motorcycle User Group – Council steered).
Despite the fact that he is highly skilled in a number of areas Nigel has no recognised qualifications, so in 2001/2002 he was successful in obtaining a NVQ 3 Training and Development certificated in Advanced Motorcycle Training, as well as a BTEC in Motorcycle Training and Instruction (Advanced) through Edexcel covering the following skill areas, Advanced Riding, Advanced Coaching, Advanced Assessing and Advanced Training. In 2004 he became a member of RoADA and a ROSPA examiner for both cars and motorcycles. In 2005 renewed his membership with the I.A.M. and is now registered as a car and motorcycle observer. He am also a National Registered RoSPA approved professional motorcycle instructor.
Nigel retired from the Police Force in March 2007 having done his 30 year contract.
The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) has developed a voluntary scheme whereby motorcycle instructors who deliver post-test training can apply for DSA accreditation. In January 2008 he was successful with his application and is now a DSA accredited Post Test Motorcycle Trainer. (RPMT).
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