toots wrote:
gusmac wrote:
toots wrote:
My daughter is at uni getting qualifications and it's costing thousands of pounds.
Your daughter would leave Uni with no qualification if she doesn't pass her exams. From what I gather, these qualifications are given to everyone who completes the course.
What is the worth of a qualification which no one fails, other than to those who provide it?
toots wrote:
What makes you so special that you shouldn't have to pay anything towards any qualifications you might need to do a job
Who decides what is needed and how do they come to this conclusion?
What evidence is there that all drivers who complete these courses become better taxi drivers?
You're quite right if my daughter doesn't pass her exams she will not be able to do the job she wants to do. She works hard to attain the required skills and knowledge to become a science teacher. If she doesn't come up to scratch and regardless of how much it has cost she won't be able to do the job. There are standards she has to meet that have been laid down by qualified people within the field that she has chosen to study.
It is my belief that taxi driver training should be written by qualified people who have knowledge and experience of the trade. It is also my belief that if you don't pass the course then you shouldn't be able to do the job until you do pass a course. I also believe that the burden for financing the course should be that of the wanna be taxi driver.
The course should include all aspects of passenger transport in a taxi inc such things as the Legislation, applying for badges, plates etc. tendering for contracts, DDA, Dft, Driving abilities, health & safety, basic car maintenance, topography to name but a few of the subjects.
I believe all new drivers should do this before they attain a badge and existing drivers should be given a reasonable time to get these qualifications to bring them into line with all new drivers.
I believe that if a driver has completed the course but then gets a complaint against him/her they should be warned that any further complaints will result in having to resit the course, this should help with a quality control of drivers.
This is likely to pi$$ off most current drivers especially those that think they are God incarnate, but, it is only my opinion and I don't think I should be hung, drawn and quartered for expressing an opinion
I don't entirely disagree.
What I take issue with is courses being run by people with little or no knowledge of the trade and where the main object is to make money for the course provider.
How would you feel if your daughter went to uni to train as a science teacher, just to be told :
"We don't actually know anything about science but we will put you on a course meant for woodwork teachers. We will give you paperwork that says your qualified as a science teacher, so long as you finish the course and share your knowledge of science with us. That way we will have something to give the next one through here. BTW don't worry about any exams, everyone who turns up passes"
I dare say you'd have her whisked off to another uni PDQ.
These courses should be relevant to the taxi trade, taught by people who have extensive knowledge of the trade and the courses should have a pass/fail element. Those failing should have to re-sit.
Course providers should have their courses tailored to the trade before being paid anything. They certainly shouldn't be taking money and expecting taxi drivers to provide the course content themselves.
Courses also shouldn't be pressure sold to drivers or councils.
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