How Many Hours Does A Driving Instructor Actually Work?

When Dolly Parton first recorded ‘working 9 to 5’ we hardly doubt she sung with a driving instructor in mind. Through we must say, what a way to make a living when all you have to do is teach from the comfort of your own car seat right?

While working from your car seat may not be as conventional as working in the office, it isn’t exactly the mundane 9 to 5 lifestyle that is expected from a full-time job or career. On the contrary, many driving instructors find themselves working around 20 to 25 hours a week. But of course, this can vary depending on the driving instructor and their workload and schedule for that particular week.

However, like many freelance type jobs, you are only as a busy as your workload. Some driving instructors prefer a more traditional ‘full time’ week, often choosing to work weekends too during busier periods. While others prefer a 20 – 25 working week.

The unpredictability of the driving instructor field is that learners can cancel lessons, sometimes at last minute, and depending on the type of deal you have in place or the rates you charge, you may not get paid for that session at all.

However, many learners are as eager to get behind the wheel and past their test as you are to pass on your wisdom of the road, so incidents like these are few and far between.

Being on a platform like Get Licensed which on average has just over 100,000 unique visitor’s month means that those quiet moments are as unlikely as the perfect reverse parking.

Speaking of down time, one of the great perks of being a driving instructor is that you get much longer lunch breaks than in most jobs. Well, pending the queue at the local McDonald’s drive thru of course.

When it comes to taking time off for special occasions or holidays you also have the luxury of not begging or pleading to the Human Resources Manager for available slots. But with any freelance role, any time off won’t be paid for time off.

With a potential earning of £20,000 to £30,000 a year and with the flexibility of not being tied down to a full-time mundane office or retail job. The term ‘barely getting’ by’ will soon be road-kill in your rear-view mirror.

How to be a Driving Instructor

If you are looking to help people get behind the wheel and on the road, then a career as a Driving Instructor could be for you. To kick-start your career as a Driving Instructor, find out more about getting a Driving Licence first.

Already have a Driving Licence? Then you are ready to begin the process of becoming an Approved Driving Instructor.

Looking for a Driving Instructor? Find out more information at the Get Licensed Driving School.