Professional Driver Improvement Course (PDIC): Instructor Training Course

The Professional Driver Improvement Course (PDIC): Instructor Training Course, is a six-day course of advanced, driver education designed to certify successful participants as Alberta Transportation (AT) licensed PDIC instructors. This course is scheduled on an as-needed basis.

Training is completed with the information required to successfully manage a student’s progression through the course, to completion. Once certified, participants will be able to book classes, register students, and instruct AMTA’s PDIC training program – all through the ‘instructor dashboard’ in the AMTA’s Learning Management System (LMS).

The course enables successful graduates to teach AMTA’s PDIC program for their employer, and to provide both a PDIC Certificate and a Notice of Driver Education Course Completion. The combination of these two achievements permit drivers with an Alberta license to remove up to three demerits from their driving record. A PDIC course can be taken once every two years; however, Long Combination Vehicle (LCV) drivers are required to take a PDIC course once every 48 months.

Prerequisites

All prerequisites are required 14 calendar days prior to the start date

Has taken an AMTA PDIC course within the previous 24 months

• A minimum of 36 months Class 1 commercial driving experience (verified)
• Fewer than 7 demerit points (provide commercial abstract)
• No driver’s licence suspension that expired within 2 years
• No Criminal Code driver’s license cancellation or suspension in the previous 5 years
• Has signed the AMTA instructor Code of Conduct