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When do you apply for a PDI licence? In order to be eligible for a trainee Instructor licence you must complete 40 hours of training at Part 3 with a qualified Approved Driving Instructor and at least 10 of these training hours have to be in car training.

The theory test demands a very high standard of knowledge on subjects ranging from The Highway Code, road safety, car control, basic mechanics and instructional techniques, and must be complete within 90 minutes.

Even if you haven't attempted to take your ADI Part 3 test yet, you probably already know that it's the most difficult exam in the DVSA's driving instructor qualification process. ing to the official DVSA statistics, 65% will fail. But there's no need to suffer at the hands of statistics!

After passing the first two tests and completing at least 40 hours of training with a qualified instructor, PDIs are eligible to apply for what is known as a trainee driving instructor licence (or pink badge). That's right—it works in the opposite way to licences for drivers: pink for trainee and green for qualified.

On the day of your ADI part 3 test, you'll need to take your licence again. You also need to bring your ADI part 2 practical test pass certificate, and a face covering. In addition, you provide the car and pupil. You'll also need to ensure you have the right insurance in place.

What is the average pass rate of the ADI Part 3 test? Government statistics show that the pass rate for the Part 3 test in the year ending March 2022 was 35.3%. This is the lowest pass rate of any ADI test. The highest pass rate is for the Part 2 practical driving test with 59.6%.

ADIs is a fully qualified driving instructor, having passed all three parts of the exams Meanwhile, a PDI is a driving instructor who has not yet passed all of their training to become an ADI. A PDI with a trainee licence will have passed parts one and two of the ADI test, but not part three.