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Recently I contacted a county council on the periphery of London about working with them as an NSIP. They appeared were very keen to have me on board, and put me in touch with a employment agency who 'manage' instructors for them. On talking with the agency it transpires that they pay instructors £7.31/hr rising to £7.83 when fully qualified.
As a fairly new instructor it is always tempting to not rock the boat, however, I was really disappointed with this (okay, actually I was shocked!). I do not think it represents a good deal for instructors, and not only that, but having dealt with agencies in my former working life know that they take a sizable cut, so the set up probably isn't even such a good deal financially for the council either.
I need to e-mail the council contact and let him know I will not be going ahead with working with them, and I'm going to tell him why. However, before I email him I wonder if anyone can tell me:
- Is there is a difference in the current level of funding for cycle training outside of London?
- Is this a normal set up / pay conditions for councils / instructors outside of London?
- Am I being unrealistic / naive in my expectations?
- Is there is a difference in the current level of funding for cycle training outside of London?
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Sorry, another question, is the review restricted to changes on language and guidance that does not effect the law as it currently stsnds, or will it also include changes to the legality of some of the guidance...if you get what I mean?
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I'd say that sounds about spot on @David. Specifically introducing some kind of protective hierarchy as in 3.2, the guiding principles and change of language suggested in 3.3 and overall integration of the Bikeability guidance where appropriate. Perhaps, in addition it should contain somewhere a further 'should' or recommendation that all cyclists consider NSI training?
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David, will you be previewing the document here before you submit it?
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Hi all, my name is Derek. I trained as a PNSI with CTUK last April but only just started working after a rather long holiday of 9 months :-). Just signed up with Cycleconfident and working mainly North London. Also hoping to work at locations in Hertfordshire and Essex that are within easy reach of the Lee or Stort Valleys.
New Provisional NSI.