Register as driving instructor
About registering as a driving instructor
To become a legally recognised driving instructor in South Africa, you must be registered with the provincial department of transport. Driving instructors are required to have a certificate specifying the grade or the class of vehicle in which they are qualified to instruct learners.
Instructors are graded as follows:
- Grade A – instructor is competent to train a person for a driving licence of any code and such instructor holds a code EC driving licence for a manual transmission and a code A driving licence
- Grade B – instructor is competent to train a person for a driving licence of the code B, C1, C, EB, EC1 and EC, and such instructor holds a code EC driving licence for a manual transmission
- Grade C – instructor is competent to train a person for a driving licence of the code A1, A and B, and such instructor holds a code EB driving licence for a manual transmission and a code A driving licence
- Grade D – instructor is competent to train a person for a driving licence of the code B, and such instructor holds a code EB driving licence for a manual transmission
- Grade L – instructor is competent to train a person for a learner’s licence of any code.
You will deal only with the class of motor vehicles for which you are licensed. The instructor’s certificate is valid for one year.
Contact the licensing office at your local municipality