Greater Manchester

Overview

Craig is a highly experienced advanced driving professional with over two decades in driver training and education. With a distinguished career spanning civilian instruction and police driver training, Craig brings operational expertise, instructional depth and examiner-level skills to advanced and professional driver development.

Having served as a Police Driving Instructor with Greater Manchester Police for nearly 14 years, Craig developed and delivered training programmes at the highest levels of emergency response driving.

Professional Overview

Craig specialises in:

• Police Advanced Driver Training
• Emergency Fire Appliance Driving (EFAD)
• Emergency Response Ambulance Driving (CERAD & DERADI qualified)
• Category C Rigid LGV instruction
• Category D1 Minibus instruction
• ADI standards-check assessed driver development

Experience

• Blue light emergency response driving to Police Advanced level
• Initial Phase Pursuit Instructor training
• Emergency response driver training for Royal Logistics Corps, Fire Services and Private Ambulance Services

Police Career & Operational Driving Background

Craig served with Greater Manchester Police from 2006 to 2020, working within the Driver Training Unit at Claytonbrook Complex, Openshaw.

During his police career, he qualified and operated as:

• Police Advanced Car Driver
• Car Instructor
• Phase Pursuit Instructor
• Deployment Instructor

Craig was instrumental in compiling the Initial Phase Pursuit Driver Training Programme, which was subsequently rolled out nationally across multiple UK police forces.

Instructor & Assessor Credentials

Craig's credentials place him at examiner and assessor level across multiple disciplines:

• DVSA Approved Driving Instructor (ADI)
• ADI Standards Check Grade A (49/51)
• Police Advanced Driving Instructor
• EFAD (Emergency Fire Appliance Driving) Instructor
• DERADI (Diploma in Emergency Response Ambulance Driving Instruction)
• L3 CERAD (Certificate in Emergency Response Ambulance Driving)
• NVQ A1 Assessor Award (Edexcel)
• Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training (L4 CET)

Qualifications

Craig holds an extensive portfolio of advanced and specialist qualifications, including:

• GMP Advanced Car Course
• GMP Staff Advanced Car Course
• GMP National Car Instructors Course
• GMP Initial Phase Pursuit Instructional Demonstration
• GMP Stinger Deployment Course (including instructional upgrade)
• Category C Rigid LGV Instructional Assessment
• Category D1 Unrestricted Minibus Licence
• RoSPA Gold
• Driver CPC (Periodic Training)

Training Philosophy

Craig's approach to advanced driver training is client-centred, structured and safety-driven. A strong advocate of the Goals for Driver Education (GDE) framework since its introduction to the UK circa 2002, Craig believes effective driver development is achieved through:

• Teaching to the higher levels of the GDE framework to reduce road risk
• Incorporating essential life skills within driver education
• Adapting androgogical approaches to maximise the learning experience
• Maintaining current knowledge of road traffic law and enforcement
• Calm, authoritative instruction in high-pressure environments