There are two ways of offering the
Defensive Driving Course (DDC) to members of your organization. You may
choose to have your members taught by one of our instructors either
here at the Council or at your facility, or you may decide to have one
or several of your members trained as qualified instructors so you can
offer the course to your members and their dependents whenever needed.
Having the Safety and Health
Council conduct the Course
The Council needs a minimum of (30) days advance notice
to schedule the course. As mentioned, the DDC may be held here in the
Council's classroom, or at your facility. The course will be taught by
one of our certified instructors. Forty students is the maximum per
session. We supply all necessary materials.
If all business drivers of an organization complete the
DDC, the organization receives an additional insurance discount as long
as their drivers are not experience rated. The price per student for
the DDC is dependent upon the total number of students. Group rates as
follows:
10 - 15 = $40.00
16 - 25 = $354.00
26 - 40 = $32.00
The above prices include an instructor, six hours of
training, student workbooks, all paperwork and information processing,
and the insurance and point reduction benefits. Instructor travel and
meal expenses (if applicable) are not included and must be reimbursed.
To Conduct the
course yourself
To be able to offer the DDC directly, your organization
must become a "private" agency of the National Safety Council. As a
private agency, responsibilities would include insuring your certified
instructors to teach the course, maintaining a DDC-6 video lease,
processing all necessary paperwork, and submitting each class report
form, which includes $12.00 per student to the National Safety Council
for the point and insurance reduction benefits.
To become a private agency, you must first obtain and
submit your application for private agency status, as well as
instructor application and resume, for approval by the National Safety
Council and the Department of Motor Vehicles. All DDC Training Agencies
must also become members of the National Safety Council in order to
receive member pricing on all materials. As an agency you have the
option of a Community Service or Organizational Membership.
If applications are approved, applicants must complete
the (3) day Instructor Development Course and teach two probationary
sessions of the DDC with an approved instructor to become certified.
(Instructor's Course is $300/person). Candidates have one year from the
completion of the IDC to teach their candidate sessions. Instructors
must teach two sessions per year to maintain their certification, which
is renewed in September of each year for $50/person.
Finally, order DDC Teaching Kit components, (including
flip chart or power point presentation; magnetic intersection kit; and
traffic shapes and signs -- video or DVD fis provided free of
charge) and student workbooks from the Safety and Health
Council. DDC promotional materials, scheduling forms, class report
forms and student record cards may be obtained through us at no charge.
