‘EARN AS YOU LEARN’ SCHEME
Rochford Licensing Team issued an ‘Earn as you Learn’ badge to a new applicant in an average of 45 days from the applicant’s submission date and the issue date of the driver’s badge; this was signif- icantly quicker than previous application processes.
FEEDBACK SINCE INTRODUCTION OF THE SCHEME
A feedback survey was sent to all the applicants and drivers involved in the ‘Earn as you Learn’ scheme.
The key findings of the survey showed:
• 71.4% of those who responded were working as EAYL drivers at the time of completing the survey
• 35.7% of the responders have held the EAYL badge for 3-6 months
• 46.2% attended a knowledge school once a week or more.
• 30.8% stated they knowledge school
Year Dual HC & PH drivers
01/2015 01/2022 01/2023 258 207 189 have never been to EAYL
(Potential HC drivers)
0 0 40 PHTM FEBRUARY 2024
PHV Only drivers
94 136 114 Total 352 343 343 a
CASE STUDIES OF APPLICANTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE PROCESS
Glenn Hammond applied to become an ‘Earn as you Learn’ driver in March 2022. Prior to applying for a badge, Glenn worked as a caretaker in a local school. Glenn worked with Bestax’s dedicated Knowledge School and was issued his ‘Earn as you Learn’ badge on 10 May 2022.
On 28 July 2022, Glenn took his Knowledge Test and successfully passed. Glenn was issued with his full Dual Hackney Carriage and Private Hire driver’s licence on 28 July 2022.
The total course length for Glenn was five months and six days. Due to the scheme Glenn was able to work and earn for his family and serve the travelling public for an extra two months and 18 days.
Glenn said: “I decided to be become licensed driver for a number of reasons: to earn a better wage for my family and to have a long, successful career. Having a good talk with trainers Mark and Andre, they made it clear that if you work hard, you will get the rewards.
“If the course wasn’t on the ‘Earn as you Learn scheme’ I wouldn’t have started. However, it’s been organised extremely well and is affordable. Being a taxi driver is completely different to working the usual 9-5; you can become more flexible for your family and still make the time up at any point that day and/or week. It’s also worked very well for me financially.”
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