Why Join?
Membership provides great value
- Professional Indemnity insurance to £3m
- Public Liability insurance to £5m
Hundreds of pounds worth of important insurance – included in your membership package. If you work with any public body, this insurance is a must - Two bi-monthly magazines – Driving Instructor and Driving magazine
Keep up-to-date with industry news, training and CPD news, training vehicle advice, road tests, industry trends, business advice and information, legal updates, road safety and more: £48-worth of industry-specific magazines – delivered to your door - Instructors’ helpdesk
Access the DIA’s expertise and advice - DIA website
Comprehensive website tailored to our members’ needs - Huge savings on training courses
Save over £100 on every DIAmond training course you attend
DIA website designed with our members in mind
- Detailed, multi-purpose Find a driving instructor or Trainer search facility
- Relevant, interesting or just plain crazy – industry-related news
- Online shop
- Book courses online
Representation
We’re the voice of driver training in the UK and overseas
- Consultative status with the DfT, DSA, DVA, DVLA and other Government departments and agencies
- Representation in Europe, the United Nations and worldwide through the IVV (International Association for Driver Education)
Access to business materials
Business tools to increase your profits
- Specialist technical and training publications
- DIA mail order service – with discounted prices for members
- Business and teaching aids
- DIA personalised accessories
Training and CPD
Professional development and certification
- Presentation skills
- Fleet and ADI Register Check-Tests
- Coaching skills
- DIAmond Examiner’s Course – car and motorcycle
- Fleet Trainer qualification
- Taxi Test training
- Diploma in Driving Instruction (DipDI) (in conjunction with Middlesex University)
- Accreditations: ORDIT (DSA), Fleet (DSA)
- Seminars and workshops – with CPD certification
DIAmond Advanced Motorists works with many individuals, organisations and governments on a local, national and international level to improve driving and training standards. Our network of over two hundred professionally qualified trainers and examiners is accredited by the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) and the International Association for Driver Education (IVV).
And our services can save you time and money
- Insurance for training cars
- Vehicle recovery
- Dual-control car hire
- DIA MasterCard (MBNA)
- Stakeholder compatible pension scheme
- Accident/illness/disability insurance
- Medical/hospital plans
- Corporate advertising schemes for Yellow Pages and Thomson Local directories