Case study - Trafford Borough Council

Situation

Some Local Authorities prefer to train individuals as National Standard instructors, giving them the flexibility to deliver their own cycle training to local schools instead of outsourcing Bikeability sessions.

Our clients, Trafford MBC, needed their recently employed cycle trainers to become National Standard Accredited cycle instructors. This qualification is a requirement of their jobs. The road safety manager at Trafford MBC contacted us, and booked places on one of our open courses in Manchester.

Our solution

We provided a 4 - day open course, run from our training room at BikeRight! All participants were provisionally accredited National Standards cycle trainers by the end of the course.

Within a further 6 months all the trainees would be fully accredited, having been post course assessed. The course itself consists of a mix of practical and theory sessions. It covers the delivery of the National Standard of cycle training at levels 1, 2 and 3. It has modules within it that cover effective teaching, risk assessments, child protection, helmet checks, safe cycle checks and maintenance.

Benefits

• Becoming a provisionally accredited National Standard cycle trainer.

• Assured levels of quality in training delivery

• Backup of the BikeRight! instructor programme

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