Halesworth Area Community Transport are seeking a second trainer for their driver and 'bus buddy' volunteers which
operate the scheduled 'Halesworth Hoppa' services.
Do you have experience in driver training, perhaps in a uniformed service? This is not essential but you should be familiar with operating vehicles exceeding 4250 Kg MAM.
Do you have a comprehensive knowledge of the Highway Code and are willing to learn advanced driving skills to become a MiDAS instructor?
Can you encourage and inspire volunteers with your patient teaching and effective communication skills?
HACT can offer you a rewarding role in helping to provide essential transport for many thousands of people by volunteering for just a few hours a month. Ideally it would suit you in weekdays but weekends or evenings are alright too.
You must have held a full licence for two years for cars and mpv's plus be over 21 (plus D1 or PSV entitlement) for minibuses.
You will need to successfuly attend a MiDAS Driver Assessor/Trainer course which is six days over two weeks and involves classroom work, preparation and delivery of a short presentation, safety and handling practicals and of course driving culminating in providing an observed drive of a satisfactory standard. Expenses would be reimbursed.
A MiDAS Driver Assessor/Trainer will need to be able able to confidently and consistently demonstrate a high standard of driving combined with excellent communication skills to prospective drivers and current volunteers who require periodic re-testing. They will need to coach the MiDAS model in a class room type setting and demonstrate on the road so as to obtain the best from a wide cross section of ages and abilities.
Non-profit HACT has provided Halesworth with scheduled local bus services for nearly twenty years because commercial operators can‟t. The whole community depends on public transport being available for everyone.
HACT's volunteers are serious about giving a reliable service but they want to make it fun too. They are looking for that quality in you as well.
Call HACT on 01986 875900 between 9:00 and 12:00 for an informal chat to find out more. At other times leave a message and someone will call you back soon as they can.
Halesworth Area Community Transport, The Railway Station, Station Road, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 8BZ www.hactbus.co.uk
