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Level 3 advanced
Bikeability funding is now available for Level 3 training in high schools, and adult cycle training of all levels is more prevalent due to the increase in commuter cyclists. We have developed a specific one day course aimed at existing National Standards instructors who want to enhance their delivery at Level 3 and gain a better understanding of training adults.
This is a one day course for groups and on completion participants will be able to confidently deliver Level 3 National Standards to people aged 12 upwards.
Course content
- Overview of Levels 1,2 and 3
- Level 3 theory
- Communication with other road users
- Working with older children and adults
- Level 3 practical
- Advanced cycling techniques for complex road features
Who is the course Suitable for?
For National Standard instructors, currently teaching cycle training or recently qualified.
Price:
From £600 for up to 12 people - to make a booking contact our Instructor training team on 0161 230 7007 or email instructortraining@bikeright.co.uk
Prices exclude VAT. Travel and subsistence costs apply for courses outside of Greater Manchester.
Ride Leader course
Good ride leaders develop through a never ending process of self-study, education, training, and experience. The aim of this course is to equip participants with the skills to lead and supervise cycle rides, on and off road, and to encourage cycling as a sustainable healthy activity in their local communities.
The course is a 1 day course for groups and on completion all of the participants will be able to organise and lead cycle rides.
Course Content
- Role of a cycle leader
- Benefits and barriers of cycling
- Route planning
- Risk Assessments
- Pre ride information for clients
- Preparing yourself for the ride
- Bicycle check and fitting helmets
- Leader positioning during ride
- Riding techniques
- Basic bike maintenance
- Dealing with accidents/incidents
Price:
From £600 for upto 12 people - to make a booking contact our Instructor training team on 0161 230 7007 or email instructortraining@bikeright.co.uk
Prices exclude VAT. Travel and subsistence costs apply for courses outside of Greater Manchester.
Mentor Training
Our cycle instructor mentoring course lasts for 1 day and will enable an organisation to ensure they are delivering to the National Cycle Training Standards internally using their own mentors. We deliver courses at our Manchester base or can provide training for groups anywhere across the UK. All participants must be fully accredited National Standards cycling instructors.
The mentoring course is mainly classroom based initially to look into the most effective way to mentor trainers in accordance with the national cycle training standards and report those findings. There will be a small practical element to the course to put the skills learnt into practice within a training environment
Course Content
- Definitions of mentoring. What is mentoring?
- Mentoring and teaching – A comparison
- Skills of a good mentor
- Common issues the mentor will come across.
- How to mentor
- Mentoring in action
Who is the course Suitable for?
Any organization that is currently delivering the National Standards Cycle Training or Bikeabilty schemes. It can be used to train new mentors or to ensure existing mentors up to date with current practice.
Price:
From £600 for upto 12 people - to make a booking contact our Instructor training team on 0161 230 7007 or email instructortraining@bikeright.co.ukPrices exclude VAT. Travel and subsistence costs apply for courses outside of Greater Manchester.
CPD Update course
The CPD / Update course has been designed as an update and refresher to current national standard cycle instructors. This course can be used by an organisation to update staff on current and best practice for the national standards.
The course is classroom and practical based and is covered over a day. Trainees will have the opportunity to interact with the national standard and the most effective teaching methods to deliver.
Course Content
- The 3 levels of National Standard Cycle Training updated
- Current Observable outcomes
- Being an effective instructor
- Layered learning techniques
- Giving feedback to trainees
- Group control
- Practical delivery
Price:
From £600 for upto 12 people - to make a booking contact our Instructor training team on 0161 230 7007 or email instructortraining@bikeright.co.uk
Prices exclude VAT. Travel and subsistence costs apply for courses outside of Greater Manchester.
Moving Groups
The moving groups course is designed to work alongside National Standard cycle training. Moving groups safely is an effective way of getting a group of trainees form base to the area you wish to begin training and can be a vital tool if the training area is a considerable distance away.
The course is mainly practical although there will be some theory to introduce best practices for moving a group. Trainees will have an opportunity to pick up new skills and them use them to move a group as part of the course.
Course content
- Why we snake.
- Order of the group.
- Group management, keeping group together and rules, managing group on the move
- Role of the front instructor.
- Role of the rear instructor.
- How the two instructors communicate to the group and themselves.
- Positioning of rear instructor on all aspects of snake. e.g., give way, right turns.
Who is the course Suitable for?
For National Standard instructors, currently teaching cycle training or recently qualified.
Price:
From £600 for upto 12 people - to make a booking contact our Instructor training team on 0161 230 7007 or email instructortraining@bikeright.co.uk
Prices exclude VAT. Travel and subsistence costs apply for courses outside of Greater Manchester.
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Course locations –
your place or ours?
You have the choice of either travelling to Manchester for training at our purpose built training centre or allowing us to deliver our cycle instructor courses at a suitable location, anywhere in the UK.
National Standards Instructor courses can be booked by individuals or groups. All other courses are designed for group bookings only.