Courses and training
Disability awareness training
All applicants will need to complete a disability awareness training course before you can submit your application. The course is provided by Blue Lamp Trust and costs £40. The course is delivered online and once you have successfully completed it you will be given a certificate, a photograph of which you will need to upload as part of your application. You will only need to do this course once unless there are significant changes in the legislation or thre are concerns about your understanding of the requirements of the duty to assist and the Equality Act.
Safeguarding course - for new and existing drivers
When applying for a new licence and at each renewal you will need to complete the taxi driver safeguarding course. This is delivered by Blue Lamp Trust and costs £35. This must be the virtual classroom course.