miDAS IS THE MINIBUS DRIVER AWARENESS SCHEME ORGANISED BY THE COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION U.K. (CTA), WHICH PROMOTES A NATIONALLY RECOGNISED STANDARD FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND TRAINING OF MINIBUS DRIVERS.

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WHO IS IT AIMED AT?
MiDAS IS APPLICABLE TO ANY ORGANISATION OPERATING OR USING MINIBUSES. ORGANISATIONS RANGE FROM SMALL VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS OPERATING ONE VEHICLE TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES OPERATING LARGE FLEETS OF MINIBUSES AS WELL AS SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.

OBJECTIVES OF MiDAS
ARE THAT MINIBUS DRIVERS WILL:

• BE ASSESSED TO ENSURE THEIR DRIVING SKILLS ARE OF AN ACCEPTABLE STANDARD
• BE GIVEN HELP WHERE NECESSARY TO IMPROVE THEIR MINIBUS DRIVING SKILLS
• BE AWARE OF THE LEGAL, PRACTICAL AND SAFETY ISSUES SURROUNDING MINIBUS DRIVING
• BE TRAINED IN THE SAFE USE OF WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE MINIBUSES WHERE NECESSARY
• RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE THAT IS ACCEPTED BY OTHER MiDAS MEMBERS

TELL ME MORE
AFTER THE INITIAL DRIVING ASSESSMENT THERE WILL FOLLOW A THEORY BASED TRAINING SESSION WHICH USES KEY LEARNING POINTS FROM THE FOLLOWING AREAS:

• LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF A MINIBUS DRIVER
• PASSENGER SAFETY
• CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY
• DEFENSIVE DRIVING
• ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
• PERSONAL SAFETY FOR DRIVERS

DRIVERS WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE MiDAS ASSESSMENT AND TRAINING WILL RECEIVE A NATIONALLY RECOGNISED CERTIFICATE AS WELL AS THE COMPREHENSIVE “MiDAS DRIVER’S HANDBOOK

WE ARE ALSO ABLE TO SUPPLY REFRESHER TRAINING TO THOSE DRIVERS WHOSE CERTIFICATES ARE DUE FOR RENEWAL OR HAVE EXPIRED

acknowledgement is made to the Community Transport Association for the infomation in relation to miDAS & pAT's