AGE REQUIREMENTS

Minimum enrollment age: 14, with Class 7 learner’s licence

EDUCATIONAL SETTING

High schools

Home computer-based instruction

Other

Private driving schools

ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS

Course fees subsidized for students

High school student status

Must hold a valid Learner’s permit

Other requirements

Parent⁄guardian consent

Registration⁄enrollment fee

COURSE STRUCTURE - IN-CLASSROOM

Additional sessions available

Length of each session: Weekday evenings are usually 3 to 4 hours, and weekends 6 to 8 hours

Minimum total number of hours: 15 hours

Number of sessions

COURSE STRUCTURE - IN-VEHICLE, ON RANGE-TRACK

Additional sessions available

Length of each session

Minimum total number of hours

Number of sessions

COURSE STRUCTURE - IN-VEHICLE, ON ROAD

Additional lessons available

Length of each session: 2 hours is recommended, 4 hours maximum

Minimum total number of hours: 10 hours; 6 if you hold a non-GDL licence

Number of sessions

COURSE STRUCTURE - DRIVING SIMULATOR

Additional sessions available

Length of each session

Minimum total number of hours

Number of sessions

COURSE STRUCTURE - PARENT-GUARDIAN SESSION(S)

Additional sessions available

Length of each session

Minimum total number of hours

Number of sessions

CURRICULUM CONTENT

Accelerating in a curve

Basic driving procedures and manoeuvres

Braking

Crashes and injury prevention

Collision avoidance

Defensive driving

Driver communication skills

Driver distractions

Driver fitness to drive

Driver impairments

Driver observation skills ⁄ visual tracking

Driver psychology

Driver responsibility

Emergency situations ⁄ manoeuvres

Emergency stopping

Fuel efficient driving

Graduated driver licensing system

Hazard perception and recognition

Highway driving

Insurance

Lane changes ⁄ Safe passing

Lane positions

Risk perception ⁄ management

Legal awareness

Night driving

Parking

Pre-driving checks and procedures

Push steering

Risk perception ⁄ management

Rules of the road

Sharing the road

Shifting up & down

Signs, signals, and road markings

COMPETENCY MEASURES - PRE-ASSESSMENT

In-classroom

In-vehicle

COMPETENCY MEASURES - INTERMEDIATE ASSESSMENT

In-classroom

In-vehicle

COMPETENCY MEASURES - FINAL EXAM

In-classroom: 80% or better

In-vehicle: An assessment by the instructor, rather than an exam

INSTRUCTOR REGULATIONS (IN-CLASS)

Age

Certifications ⁄ designations: Must successfully complete knowledge and practical tests, administered by Alberta Transportation

Driver ⁄ Criminal record check: See in-vehicle instructor regulations below

Licence held: Class 5

Minimum driving experience: 3 years

TRAINING VEHICLE

Additional vehicle requirements: Training vehicles must be inspected annually if the vehicle is not the current year

Automatic ⁄ manual transmission: Either

Dual control brakes: If vehicle is supplied by the driver training school or instructor

Passenger restrictions: Instructor may be the only passenger, however, additional passengers may include:
· another student;
· another driving instructor;
· a manager of the driver training school;
· an interpreter, if required;
· if the student is an inmate of a correctional institution, a correctional officer; or
· an employee of the Department who is reviewing
(i) the qualifications or teaching methods of driving instructors, or
(ii) the operation of a driver training school.

Required insurance: The holder of a driver training school licence must maintain the following insurance:
· a Driver Training School Standard Endorsement Form number 6d under the Insurance Act in respect of each motor vehicle owned by the holder that is used or intended to be used for driver training by the school;
· a non-owned automobile liability insurance policy in respect of each motor vehicle not owned by the holder that is used or intended to be used for driver training by the school

Vehicle class used: Class 5

Vehicle signage:  A motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle or moped, that is being used for driver training by a driver training
school must have a sign that:
(a) is securely mounted on the vehicle
(b) is not more than 100cm wide and 50cm high;
(c) includes the name of the driver training school, and
(d) has the words “student driver” in letters at least 10cm high, with a stroke of 1.5cm, and are clearly visible at all times to other drivers in front of and behind the vehicle.

INSTRUCTOR REGULATIONS (IN-VEHICLE)

Additional regulations: Instructors must maintain a minimum number of in -vehicle teaching hours over a two year period to have their instructor’s licences renewed

BAC level while instructing

Certifications⁄designations: Must successfully complete knowledge and practical tests, administered by Alberta Transportation

Driver ⁄ criminal record check: 

· The Registrar may refuse to issue an instructor’s licence to a person if during the 5 years immediately preceding the application date,
(i) the person was convicted of an offence under the Criminal Code (Canada) that is related to the functions, duties or business of a driving instructor, including, without limitation, the offences of forgery, the use of false pretences, bribery, extortion, conspiracy to defraud or theft or an offence involving moral turpitude or the unlawful operation of a vehicle, and
(ii) the conviction is final by reason of the expiry of the time for appeal without the appeal’s having been made or the final disposition of the appeal by the courts

· The Registrar must refuse to issue an instructor’s licence to a person if
(a) the person’s operator’s licence has been suspended or cancelled during the 2 years immediately preceding the application date, or
(b) the person has accumulated 7 or more demerit points under the Use of Highway and Rules of the Road Regulation when the application is made

Licence held: At least Class 4

Location in vehicle while instructing

Age

Minimum driving experience: 3 years as the holder of a Class 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 operator’s licence, or an equivalent driver’s licence issued by another jurisdiction

COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS

Successfully complete minimum in-classroom instruction hours

Successfully complete in-classroom evaluation

Successfully complete minimum in-vehicle instruction hours

Successfully complete in-vehicle evaluation

FOLLOWING PROGRAM COMPLETION

Driver Education certification issued to student

Insurance discount: Drivers already holding a Class 5 non-GDL licence must complete at least 15 hours of classroom and 6 hours of invehicle training to receive a Course Completion Certificate, used for an insurance discount.

Time-reduction in GDL program (number of months)

PRACTICE DRIVING (WITH PARENT-GUARDIAN)

Minimum practice driving hours

Maximum period to complete the practice hours

Practice hours recorded on a log sheet

SUPERVISOR (PARENT-GUARDIAN) REGULATIONS

BAC level while supervising

Driver log

Licence held: Non-GDL

Location while supervising: Front seat

Minimum Age: 18 years old

Time licensed