Instructor, Driver Education (Contractor)
Alberta Motor Association
- Edmonton, AB
- $35.00 per hour
- Contract
- Full-time
- Work with a driving school that gets 15,000+ student enrollments every year.
- Starting competitive hourly rate of $35.00 (in-vehicle instruction time) with the potential to increase earnings up to an additional $7.00 per hour from bonuses.
- Additional $1.00 per hour with the use of a Luxury or Hybrid vehicle (Luxury vehicle as defined by J.D Power & Associates).
- A fuel subsidy paid as an additional hourly amount on top of your hourly rate (This rate fluctuates based on fuel prices).
- A dedicated marketing team combined with a large student base so you can focus on providing the best driving instruction experience for our members.
- Our corporate registries team can provide all the information you need with starting your own business to help you make sure all the i’s are dotted and t’s are crossed.
- As a successful applicant, we have a team of Senior Driving Instructors that will invest their time in ensuring you receive extensive training to acquire your driving instructor licence (in 3 months or less) and become a top-class instructor with a safety focus for our students.
- Learning workshops twice a year to ensure you’re always at the top of your game.
- Make your own hours and find the work-life balance you’ve been craving. We provide the students, you reach out to coordinate a time that works best for both sides.
- The autonomy and freedom of operating your own small business, backed by the brand and support of AMA.
- Report to the Senior Instructor (think of AMA almost like a board member or investor in your small business).
- Provide quality vehicle instruction to students, following AMA’s instruction requirements and customer service standards.
- Provide constructive feedback on student drivers’ abilities, helping them develop the confidence and skills necessary to become licensed, safe drivers for life.
- Be responsible for student scheduling and submission of daily paperwork.
- Follow Alberta Transportation guidelines and policies for driving instructors.
- Be available after school, evenings and weekends, to meet students' scheduling needs.
- You’ll have a vehicle that’s no more than six years old.
- You’ll update your vehicle with the required brakes, mirrors, removable roof signs, and door magnets. The latter two are provided for free by AMA, while the brakes and mirrors cost $456.78 (including tax). Should you decide to end your contract, we’ll buy them back!
- You’ll obtain the required SEF 6D Endorsement insurance coverage for driving instructors. AMA Insurance can provide this for our instructors at an estimated $545.00 per year (subject to a review of your personal insurance and driving history)
- You’ll set up a small business through a registry (incorporation) at an estimated cost of $550.00.
- You have your Provincial Vehicle Instructor Licence from Alberta Transportation. (Don’t worry, training will be provided to suitable candidates that don’t have this certification.)
- You have a clean driver’s abstract.
- A vehicle no more than six years old.
- Required start up costs after the completion of training and acquiring your instructor licence (vehicle add-ons, SEF 6D Endorsement insurance, and incorporating).