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The Moose said:
Hey there
I'm looking at doing an IAM course, but I'm finding their website bloody hard to understand!
They have the Skill For Life/Skill For Life Fast Track courses, but do these actually give you the qualifications as comments on both pages on the website don't make it clear?!
Fasttrack is the same SFL but done in a very short time and at greater expense that the usual SFLI'm looking at doing an IAM course, but I'm finding their website bloody hard to understand!
They have the Skill For Life/Skill For Life Fast Track courses, but do these actually give you the qualifications as comments on both pages on the website don't make it clear?!
My advice - forget fast-track and do the usual £139 SFL as it goes along at your pace and not the pace of the course - it also allows for the system to become your 'normal' style of driving whereas fast-track hopes you will not revert back to your old style after the course has finished
The naming is a bit cockeyed. 
Signing up for the SFL course or fast-track both result in the same thing (IAM Membership), just one is faster than the other. Unless you are in a major rush, the regular one is best. You'll remember more and it still only takes a few months.
When you sign up and as you learn, you are known as an IAM Associate. Upon passing the advanced test you become an IAM Member.
Signing up for the SFL course or fast-track both result in the same thing (IAM Membership), just one is faster than the other. Unless you are in a major rush, the regular one is best. You'll remember more and it still only takes a few months.
When you sign up and as you learn, you are known as an IAM Associate. Upon passing the advanced test you become an IAM Member.
It's been a while so I don't remember if the fee includes your first year membership after passing the test.
You are an associate while training. At the end, if you pass the test you are invited to join the IAM and become a member.
If you pass the test and don't join you won't be a member.
You are an associate while training. At the end, if you pass the test you are invited to join the IAM and become a member.
If you pass the test and don't join you won't be a member.
Benbay001 said:
Mine took 6 lessons over 6 weeks, as the guy who tutored me was retired and was usually free on the dates i mentioned i was next available.
You did well doing it within 6 weeks as my average over 100+ associates is 6 runs over 5 monthsOh, that word was tutored ,,,, I thought it said TORTURED ..... LOL
R0G said:
Benbay001 said:
Mine took 6 lessons over 6 weeks, as the guy who tutored me was retired and was usually free on the dates i mentioned i was next available.
You did well doing it within 6 weeks as my average over 100+ associates is 6 runs over 5 monthsOh, that word was tutored ,,,, I thought it said TORTURED ..... LOL
Glosphil said:
Two observers in my group each helped 6 associates to pass the IAM test last year. The longest time taken was 9 observed drives in 10 weeks. You do less than 1 run a month with an Associate! What is your pass rate? Both the observers mentioned above achieved 100% last year. One of them has had one failure in 10 years and that Associate passed after 2 more drives.
My passes at 100 associates was 98 first time and 2 second time - both second timers did something silly, one tried to go through a red light!!Timeframe for the first 100 was 1998 to 2008
Average data-
5.27 months
5.68 runs
R0G said:
Glosphil said:
Two observers in my group each helped 6 associates to pass the IAM test last year. The longest time taken was 9 observed drives in 10 weeks. You do less than 1 run a month with an Associate! What is your pass rate? Both the observers mentioned above achieved 100% last year. One of them has had one failure in 10 years and that Associate passed after 2 more drives.
My passes at 100 associates was 98 first time and 2 second time - both second timers did something silly, one tried to go through a red light!!Timeframe for the first 100 was 1998 to 2008
Average data-
5.27 months
5.68 runs
Glosphil said:
One hundred between 1998 and 2008 is approx. 10/year so 57 observed runs in the year = more than one a week allowing for holidays etc. and you must have 4 or 5 associates at a time. I had 3 to help clear the waiting list and getting 3 through the test during 4 months was hard enough work for me. I am impressed by your committment and pass rate.
At one point I had 15 associates - before the IAM priced themselves out of what most would determine as reasonableAt that time I was also working every other saturday and doing 80,000 miles a year truck driving so it ws fun balancing everything
I remember doing 6 runs on a sat between 8am and 2pm and then the same on sunday every other week
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