Driving Instructor (NI Fire & Rescue Service)
Riada Resourcing
Phone Number: 02870326600Email: info@riadaresourcing.com
Web: www.riadaresourcing.com
Job description
Do you have experience delivering professional driver training for LGVs, specialist vehicles or fleet operations? Join Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service and help develop the skills and competence of drivers operating emergency response and support vehicles. You'll deliver training and assessments across a diverse fleet of vehicles, from LGVs and 4x4s to specialist fire service equipment, ensuring personnel can operate safely, effectively and in line with national standards
Responsibilities
- To conduct driver training and driving assessment to recognised national and organisational standards to enable the safe use of company vehicles by personnel.
- To deliver driver training, using a variety of theoretical and practical teaching methods to NIFRS support staff, to enable them to fulfil the role of a non emergency driver.
- To conduct other assessments of driver competence of operational and support staff in accordance with their organisational role.
- To support the SC Operational Training in setting, invigilating and marking written and E-Learning examinations, relevant to Driver Training.
- To organise and ensure test records and administration are maintained to the standards defined by relevant legislation (e.g. Health and Safety and Data Protection).
Skills and Qualifications
Essential Skills
- Hold a current full driving licence for categories B, BE, C1, C for a minimum of 3 years.
- Have a minimum of 3 years recent* experience of delivering driving instruction in both light vehicles and large goods vehicles (*recent will normally mean within the last 5 years).
- Be able to demonstrate the ability to plan, develop, deliver, monitor and evaluate training programmes.
- Possess DMSO Instructor and High Volume Pump (HVP) Box Splitting qualifications, or be willing to undertake training to achieve this qualification within a specified period following appointment.
- Possess Forklift Instructor qualifications, or be willing to undertake training to achieve these qualifications within a specified period following appointment.
- Have at least two years’ recent* experience of working in a Learning & Development context within a large multi-site, multi-disciplinary organisation. *Recent is defined as within the last 5 years
- Be a qualified Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) or equivalent and hold a current ADI Certificate.
- Be competent in the use of Microsoft Office packages, e.g. Word, Excel & PowerPoint and have report writing skills.
- Possess DVA Approved Driving Examiner qualification or undertake training
- Vacancy ID
- 1794231
- Job ref.
- 37389
- Job Sector
- Transport, Distribution and Warehousing,Education and Training
- Area
- Co Tyrone
- Location
- Cookstown
- Salary
- £21.09 per hour
- No. vacancies
- 1
- Contract Type
- Temporary
- Weekly hours
- 36.25
- Published date
- 02/11/2026
- Closing date
- 02/12/2026
- Worktime
- To be confirmed