Driving school: is the professional qualification recognized abroad?

The figure of the instructor within the driving school has a double fundamental function. On the one hand, he teaches the rules of behavior to maintain when driving the vehicle. Basically, with the Highway Code in hand, he prepares students who intend to obtain an automatic driving lesson in Birmingham. On the other hand, he gives practical lessons to enable the achievement of the skills necessary to drive independently. In short, these are central tasks in terms of road safety in the context of an increasingly harmonized system of rules at the European level. So here is a question that is inevitable. Citizens of foreign countries who have evidently obtained the qualification of automatic driving instructors Birmingham can they carry out a working activity in the UK? Are there differences between the rules applied in the UK and in other countries? Or is the recognition of the profession automatic?

Foreign professional qualification for Driving School

The issue of recognizing the professional qualification to work in an Italian driving school involves all instructors but in a different way. The legislation in force distinguishes between two categories:

• Citizens of the Member States of the European Union, of the countries of the European Economic Area (Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway), and of Switzerland;
• all other citizens of a different country than those mentioned.

In the first case, those who have obtained a professional qualification in their country of origin can carry out the same work activity in the UK. Recognition as a driving school instructor is not automatic, but the procedure is facilitated. In essence, it is sufficient to present the request to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility. Not before verifying that you meet the required requirements. In the second case, no acknowledgment or preferential lane is foreseen. In practice, anyone who wants to work as a automatic driving instructors in Birmingham must follow the process from scratch

DRIVING SCHOOL: How to obtain the Recognition of the professional qualification abroad  

The recognition of the professional qualification abroad for the purpose of working in a driving school is therefore not automatic. In fact, the interested party must follow a well-defined administrative procedure. In particular, he must apply to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility and attach a series of documents. One after the other, they must never be missing:

established curriculum vitae;

Document certifying nationality including a copy of the passport or identity card or other document, issued by a public administration of the country of origin;

• certified copy of the automatic driving lessons in Birmingham in your possession;
• Documentation proving the possession of the moral requirements;

 

• Certified copy of the certificate of competence or of the professional training qualification giving access to the profession of a teacher or driving school instructor;
• any documentation proving their training;
• declaration of possession of the requirements for access to the profession in the country of origin;
• certified copy of the card enabling the practice of the profession;
• certificates issued by bodies or individuals relating to professional experience;
• useful documentation for the assessment of the application;